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CVE-2008-0727
Multiple buffer overflows in oninit.exe in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 7.x through 11.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute…
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in oninit.exe in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 7.x through 11.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long password and (2) remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long DBPATH value.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 36 days later
· 36 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- ADV-2008-0860 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ibm-informix-oninit-bo(41203) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28198 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080313 ZDI-08-012: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Authentication Password Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ibm-informix-oninit-dbpath-bo(41202) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-012/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- IC55208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-011/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080313 ZDI-08-011: IBM Informix Dynamic Server DBPATH Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- IC55210 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IC55207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IC55209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 29272 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3749 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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-2008-0737 (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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