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CVE-2023-35012: IBM Db2 code execution

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-121

Description

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 with a Federated configuration is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local user with SYSADM privileges could overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 257763.

Affected products

• IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows: 11.5

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/257763
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0013/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7010747
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/257763
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0013/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7010747

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