CVE-2009-3691
Multiple integer overflows in setnet32.exe 3.50.0.13752 in IBM Informix Client SDK 3.0 and 3.50 and Informix Connect Runtime 3.x allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .nfx file with a crafted (1) HostSize, and possibly (2) ProtoSize and (3) ServerSize, field that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow involving a crafted HostList field. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 7.0% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3666)
- Published
- October 13, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3666 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / informix client sdk
- ibm / informix client sdk
- ibm / informix connect runtime
References
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_ibm_setnet32.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36949(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022985
- http://www.osvdb.org/58530
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36588
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2834(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53644
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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