CWE-242
Use of Inherently Dangerous Function
The product calls a function that can never be guaranteed to work safely.
CVE-2025-1331 (GCVE-0-2025-1331)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-08 21:55
Modified
2025-08-28 14:19
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-242 - Use of Inherently Dangerous Function
Summary
IBM CICS TX Standard 11.1 and IBM CICS TX Advanced 10.1 and 11.1 could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code on the system due to the use of unsafe use of the gets function.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7232923 | vendor-advisory, patch | |
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7232924 | vendor-advisory, patch |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▼ | IBM | CICS TX Standard |
Version: 11.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cics_tx:11.1.0.0:*:*:*:standard:linux:*:* |
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CVE-2025-1994 (GCVE-0-2025-1994)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-26 16:49
Modified
2025-08-26 17:35
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-242 - Use of Inherently Dangerous Function
Summary
IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4.1 and 10.2.5
could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code on the system due to the use of unsafe use of the BinaryFormatter function.
References
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|---|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7242159 | vendor-advisory, patch |
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| IBM | Cognos Command Center |
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Mitigation
Phases: Implementation, Requirements
Description:
- Ban the use of dangerous functions. Use their safe equivalent.
Mitigation
Phase: Testing
Description:
- Use grep or static analysis tools to spot usage of dangerous functions.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.