Buffer overflow in Ibm Db2

CVE-2005-4870

Stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) xmlvarcharfromfile, (2) xmlclobfromfile, (3) xmlfilefromvarchar, and (4) xmlfilefromclob function calls in IBM DB2 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a 94-byte second argument, which causes the return address to be overwritten with a pointer to the argument.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.026 (84.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Ibm Db2 — versions 8.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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