CVE-2008-3854: ibm db2_universal_database

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-3854 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in ibm db2_universal_database. EPSS estimates a 3.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 28-08-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 5 and 9.5 before Fixpak 1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system outage) via vectors related to (1) use of XQuery to issue statements; the (2) XMLQUERY, (3) XMLEXISTS, and (4) XMLTABLE statements; and the (5) sqlrlaka function.

• 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.