CVE-2022-43855 (GCVE-0-2022-43855)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-08 17:52 – Updated: 2025-06-10 20:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM SPSS Statistics denial of service
Summary
IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0, 27.0.1, and 28.0 IO Module could allow a local user to create multiple files that could exhaust the file handles capacity and cause a denial of service.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-11 14:09 UTC
CWE
- CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7130881 | vendor-advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_transferred |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | SPSS Statistics |
Affected:
26.0, 27.0.1, 28.0
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