CVE-2018-1459

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-05-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 is vulnerable to stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could lead an attacker to execute arbitrary code. IBM X-Force ID: 140210.

Affected products

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016142
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041005
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140210
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016142
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041005
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140210

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