CVE-2015-4942
IBM WebSphere MQ Light 1.x before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
IBM 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 and disconnect actions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4943.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM 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 and disconnect actions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4943.
- Record
CVE-2015-4942- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM 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 and disconnect actions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4943.
- Record
CVE-2015-4942- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-4959 No score
IBM 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 and disconnect actions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4943.
- Record
EUVD-2015-4959- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mj8v-rcrh-cw4j
IBM WebSphere MQ Light 1.x before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
IBM 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 and disconnect actions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4943.
- Record
GHSA-mj8v-rcrh-cw4j- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-4942 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Ibm Websphere Mq Light, published January 18, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.74%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.