Ibm · Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence · CVE-2012-4847
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) versions 8.4 and 8.4.1
**Description**
The issue allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by sending a crafted request that contains a zero-valued byte.
**Recommendations**
For versions 8.4 and 8.4.1, consider restricting access to the system to prevent remote authenticated users from sending crafted requests until a fix is available.