CVE-2018-1488

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-119

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 10.5 and 11.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, which could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system as root. IBM X-Force ID: 140973.

Affected products

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

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016141
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040968
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140973
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016141
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040968
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140973

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