What is CVE-2024-52903?

CVE-2024-52903 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Db2, classified under CWE-248. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-52903?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Db2

CVE-2024-52903

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 12.1.0 and 12.1.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service as the server may crash under certain conditions with a specially crafted query.

Published 2025-05-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

IBM Db2
IBM Db2 For Linux, Unix And Windows — versions 12.1.0, 12.1.1
Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows
Opengroup Unix

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-248

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7232336 (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52903?: CVE-2024-52903 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Db2, classified under CWE-248. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-52903?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.