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CVE-2005-4870
Stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) xmlvarcharfromfile, (2) xmlclobfromfile, (3) xmlfilefromvarchar, and (4) xmlfilefromclob function…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.6%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/db205012005H.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- db2-xml-udf-bo(17617) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IY62297 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 11404 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 12733 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050105 IBM DB2 XML functions overflows (#NISR05012005H) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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