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CVE-2018-1459
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 is vulnerable to stack based buffer overflow,…
High7.8EPSS 0.49%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 is vulnerable to stack based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could lead an attacker to execute arbitrary code. IBM X-Force ID: 140210.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 57% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Gain Privileges
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
IBM · DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
- affected 10.5
- affected 10.1
- affected 9.7
- affected 11.1
References (3)
- ibm-db2-cve20181459-bo(140210) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1041005 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22016142 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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