CVE-2008-0727

Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in oninit.exe in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 7.x through 11.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long password and (2) remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long DBPATH value.

Affected products

IBM Informix Dynamic Server: 7.3, 7.31.xd8, 7.31.xd9, 9.3, 9.4, 9.40.tc5 (+11)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29272
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3749
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55207
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55208
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55209
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55210
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489547/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489548/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28198
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0860
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-011/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-012/

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