CVE-2006-3854
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC7, 9.40.TC8, 10.00.TC4, and 10.00.TC5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username, which causes an overflow in vsprintf when displaying in the resulting error message. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3853.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3848)
- Published
- August 17, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3848 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / informix dynamic database server
- ibm / informix dynamic database server
- ibm / informix dynamic database server
- ibm / informix dynamic database server
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1409
- http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443150/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28381
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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