CVE-2008-3853

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the DAS server program in the Core DAS function component in IBM DB2 9.1 before FP4a and 9.5 before FP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2007-3676.

Affected products

IBM Db2 Universal Database: 9.1, 9.1-fp2, 9.1-fp3, 9.1-fp4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29784
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ12406
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ12379
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29601
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45141
http://secunia.com/advisories/29784
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ12406
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ12379
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607

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