CVE-2014-8901

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

IBM DB2 9.5 through FP10, 9.7 through FP10, 9.8 through FP5, 10.1 through FP4, and 10.5 before FP5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted XML query.

Affected products

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: 9.5, 9.7, 9.8, 10.1, 10.5

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05933
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05936
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05937
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05938
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05939
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21692358
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71734
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99110
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05933
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05936
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05937
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05938

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