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 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1964)
- Published
- April 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1964 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / db2
- ibm / db2
- ibm / db2
- ibm / db2
- ibm / db2
- ibm / db2
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- ibm / db2
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- ibm / db2
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- ibm / db2
- ibm / db2
References
- http://osvdb.org/46268
- http://osvdb.org/46269
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29022(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ08512
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ08945
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ15496
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607
- http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2008-04.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491071/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28835
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29601
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41955
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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