CVE-2004-0638: oracle oracle8i

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-0638 is a high (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in oracle oracle8i. EPSS estimates a 6.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 19-01-2005
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the KSDWRTB function in the dbms_system package (dbms_system.ksdwrt) for Oracle 9i Database Server Release 2 9.2.0.3 and 9.2.0.4, 9i Release 1 9.0.1.4 and 9.0.1.5, and 8i Release 1 8.1.7.4, allows remote authorized users to execute arbitrary code via a long second argument.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.