Is CVE-2010-3740 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3740 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3740?

CVE-2010-3740 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-3740

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD

The Net Search Extender (NSE) implementation in the Text Search component in IBM DB2 UDB 9.5 before FP6a does not properly handle an alphanumeric Fuzzy search, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) via the db2ext.textSearch function.

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-399
EPSS score: 1.1% (66th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-3719)
Published: October 5, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3719 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

ibm / db2
ibm / db2
ibm / db2
ibm / db2
ibm / db2
ibm / db2
ibm / db2
ibm / db2
ibm / db2
ibm / db2

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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