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CVE-2006-6638: ibm db2_universal_database

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 19-12-2006Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-6638 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in ibm db2_universal_database. EPSS estimates a 2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-12-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IBM DB2 8.1 before FixPak 14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SQLJRA packet, which causes a NULL pointer dereference in the sqle_db2ra_as_recvrequest function in DB2ENGN.DLL, a different issue than CVE-2006-4257.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.31% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
2.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ibm1 product
  • db2_universal_database8.1 | 8.1.4 | 8.1.5 | 8.1.6 | 8.1.6c | 8.1.7 | 8.1.7b | 8.1.8 | 8.1.8a | 8.1.9 | 8.1.9a | 8.10 | 8.12

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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