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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-1129

IBM Notes 8.5 and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 30.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
30.07% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 August 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
ibm/inotes · ibm/expeditor
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
EPSS trend
0%18%35%21 September 2026: 27.79%22 September 2026: 30.07%27 October 2026: 30.07%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 27.8% on 21 September 2026 to 30.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-42602source ↗IBM Notes 8.5.x/9.0.x - Denial of Servicemultiple · Dhiraj Mishrados2 September 2017yes
EDB-42969source ↗IBM Notes 8.5.x/9.0.x - Denial of Service (Metasploit)multiple · Dhiraj Mishrados31 August 2017no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.