CVE-2005-4869

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) to_char and (2) to_date function in IBM DB2 8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an empty string in the second parameter, which causes a null pointer dereference.

Affected products

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: 8.1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110495483501494&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12733/
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY61781
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/db205012005G.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11400
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17614
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110495483501494&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12733/
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY61781
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/db205012005G.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11400
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17614

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