CVE-2012-2197

Db2 vulnerability

CVSS

7.1

EPSS

4.5%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Stored Procedure infrastructure in IBM DB2 9.1 before FP12, 9.5 through FP9, 9.7 through FP6, 9.8 through FP5, and 10.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by leveraging certain CONNECT and EXECUTE privileges.

Affected vendor

Ibm

Affected product

Db2

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2012-07-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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