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CVE-2005-3568

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-11-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

db2fmp process in IBM DB2 Content Manager before 8.2 Fix Pack 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by importing a corrupted Microsoft Excel file, aka "CORRUPTED EXEL FILE WILL CAUSE TEXT SEARCH PROCESS LOOPING."

Affected products

• IBM Db2 Content Manager: 8.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17388
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IO00737
• http://www.osvdb.org/20707
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15376
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23088
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17388
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IO00737
• http://www.osvdb.org/20707
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15376
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23088

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