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CVE-2008-1966

Multiple buffer overflows in the JAR file administration routines in the BSU JAVA subcomponent in IBM DB2 8 before FP16, 9.1 before FP4a,…

Medium4.0EPSS 2.7%
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Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the JAR file administration routines in the BSU JAVA subcomponent in IBM DB2 8 before FP16, 9.1 before FP4a, and 9.5 before FP1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via a call to the (1) RECOVERJAR or (2) REMOVE_JAR procedure with a crafted parameter, related to (a) sqlj.install_jar and (b) sqlj.replace_jar.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2008-1966, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium4.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.

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