CVE-2006-3857Multiple buffer overflows in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.TC6 and 10.00 before 10.00.TC3 allow remote authenticated users…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 3.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) before 9.40.TC6 and 10.00 before 10.00.TC3 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via (1) the getname function, as used by (a) _sq_remview, (b) _sq_remproc, (c) _sq_remperms, (d) _sq_distfetch, and (e) _sq_dcatalog; and the (2) SET DEBUG FILE, (3) IFX_FILE_TO_FILE, (4) FILETOCLOB, (5) LOTOFILE, and (6) DBINFO functions (product defect IDs 171649, 171367, 171387, 171391, 171906, 172179).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 days later
· 13 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References19
- 27693 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21242921 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- informix-lotofile-bo(28119) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27683 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060814 Informix - Discovery, Attack and Defense (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27687 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- informix-getname-bo(28127) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060814 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Informix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 27681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- informix-dbinfo-bo(28118) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- informix-setdebugfile-bo(28126) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- informix-ifxfiletofile-bo(28157) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21301 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- informix-filetoclob-buffer-overflow(28120) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3077 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27688 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 27682 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-3851 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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