CVE-2017-1129
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a...
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a malicious link, it could cause the Notes client to hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121370.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a malicious link, it could cause the Notes client to hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121370.
- Record
CVE-2017-1129- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a malicious link, it could cause the Notes client to hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121370.
- Record
CVE-2017-1129- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-10145 No score
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a malicious link, it could cause the Notes client to hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121370.
- Record
EUVD-2017-10145- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-86hv-3x2f-j4q8
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a...
IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service. If a user is persuaded to click on a malicious link, it could cause the Notes client to hang and have to be restarted. IBM X-Force ID: 121370.
- Record
GHSA-86hv-3x2f-j4q8- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | IBM Notes 8.5.x/9.0.x - Denial of Service | 2017-09-02 |
| Exploit-DB | IBM Notes 8.5.x/9.0.x - Denial of Service (Metasploit) | 2017-08-31 |
| Metasploit | IBM Notes encodeURI DOS | 2017-08-31 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-1129 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Hcl Software Notes, published September 5, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.1%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.