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CVE-2015-4941· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ibm

IBM WebSphere MQ Light 1.x before 1.0.2 mishandles abbreviated TLS handshakes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (M

IBM WebSphere MQ Light 1.x before 1.0.2 mishandles abbreviated TLS handshakes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (MQXR service crash) via unspecified vectors.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Jan 1, 2016
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.4% · 83th percentile
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmwebsphere mq light

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm websphere mq light1.0
  • ibm websphere mq light1.0.0.1

Same product

ibm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2015-4943IBM WebSphere MQ Light 1.x before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (MQXR service crash) via a series of connect an
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
low · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
Low

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-17 · DEPRECATED: Code

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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