TI-2012-04095 Aliases CVE-2012-4847 GHSA-g97g-9m79-6c2x

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4 and 8.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to…

LOW 21CWE-189Published 2012-11-14 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4 and 8.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing a zero-valued byte.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00973 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4:::::::*	8.4	Vulnerable	IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:::::::*	8.4.1	Vulnerable	IBM

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.4 Vulnerable ·IBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.4.1 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-4847
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g97g-9m79-6c2x

References

Advisory 1

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615445

TI-2012-04103 IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2016-07351 Access control flaw in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2018-01683 Cross-site request forgery in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2016-02540 Memory corruption in IBM Cognos TM1 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2016-00225 XML external entity injection in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2017-01372 Insufficiently protected credentials in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0

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Sources

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