THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-4865
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-4865

Db2 Universal Database vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in call in IBM DB2 7.x and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long libname.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Db2 Universal Database
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2005-12-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-4865

  • Confirm whether Ibm Db2 Universal Database is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-4865.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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