CVE-2025-36097 (GCVE-0-2025-36097)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-16 17:44
Modified
2025-08-18 01:34
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0 and WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 25.0.0.7 are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based overflow. An attacker can send a specially crafted request that cause the server to consume excessive memory resources.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM WebSphere Application Server Version: 9.0
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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   IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Version: 17.0.0.3   ≤ 25.0.0.7
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:17.0.0.3:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:25.0.0.7:*:*:*:liberty:*:*:*
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