CVE-2007-6053

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

IBM DB2 UDB 9.1 before Fixpak 4 does not properly handle use of large numbers of file descriptors, which might allow attackers to have an unknown impact involving "memory corruption." NOTE: the vendor description of this issue is too vague to be certain that it is security-related.

Affected products

IBM Db2 Universal Database: through 9.1

References

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ04039
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26450
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3867
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ04039
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26450
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3867

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