Buffer overflow in IBM Db2

CVE-2008-6821

Buffer overflow in the DAS server in IBM DB2 8 before FP17, 9.1 before FP5, and 9.5 before FP2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3676 and CVE-2008-3853.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.037 (89.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2008-6821: held from 0.037 to 0.037.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.037 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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