CVE-2018-1978

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: 2019-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 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-ForceID: 154069.

Affected products

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

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107398
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154069
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10740413
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107398
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154069
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10740413

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