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CVE-2002-1583

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-09-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in sqllib/security/db2ckpw for IBM DB2 Universal Database 6.0 and 7.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long username that is read from a file descriptor argument.

Affected products

• IBM Db2 Universal Database: 6.0, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.2

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9078.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4817
• http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2002/May/1004352.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9078.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4817
• http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2002/May/1004352.html

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