Unscored severity · published Apr 27, 2008
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, and 9.5 before FP1 allow remote…
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CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DB
Db2 · Ibm
8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; 8.0; +26 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1966
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1966
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/46268
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/46269
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29022
www-1.ibm.com
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ08512
www-1.ibm.com
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ08945
www-1.ibm.com
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ15496
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