Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-25016

High

Published: 03 March 2024

Published
03 March 2024
Modified
12 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0023 45.6th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-25016 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Ibm Mq. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 45.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 LTS and 9.3 CD could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to incorrect buffering logic. IBM X-Force ID: 281279.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ibm
mq
9.0.0.0 — 9.0.0.23 · 9.1.0.0 — 9.1.0.20 · 9.2.0 — 9.2.0.22
ibm
mq appliance
9.3.0.0 — 9.3.5.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References