CVE-2021-38875
IBM MQ 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.2 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service...
IBM MQ 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.2 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an error processing messages. IBM X-Force ID: 208398.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM MQ 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.2 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an error processing messages. IBM X-Force ID: 208398.
- Record
CVE-2021-38875- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/AC:L/UI:N/PR:L/S:U/C:N/A:H/AV:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25312
IBM MQ 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.2 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an error processing messages. IBM X-Force ID: 208398.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25312- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/I:N/AC:L/UI:N/PR:L/S:U/C:N/A:H/AV:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7w3j-vcgc-cj2fNo score
IBM MQ 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.2 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service...
IBM MQ 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.2 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an error processing messages. IBM X-Force ID: 208398.
- Record
GHSA-7w3j-vcgc-cj2f- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM MQ 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.2 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an error processing messages. IBM X-Force ID: 208398.
- Record
CVE-2021-38875- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38875 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ibm Mq, published November 23, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.