CVE-2020-5025
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 db2fm is vulnerable to a buffer…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- ibm
Description
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 db2fm is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 193661.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.0/PR:N/AV:L/AC:L/UI:N/S:U/I:H/A:H/C:H/RC:C/RL:O/E:U |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Weakness
- Gain Privileges
- CWE-120 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-120 and its CVEs
Affected products
IBM · DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
- affected 10.5
- affected 10.1
- affected 9.7
- affected 11.1
- affected 11.5
References (3)
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6427855 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-db2-cve20205025-bo (193661) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210409-0003/ (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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2020-5025)Record last updated .