CVE-2020-4204

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 174960.

Affected products

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, 11.5

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174960
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/2875875
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174960
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/2875875

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