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,…
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- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- IZ15496 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 28835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21255607 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.appsecinc.com/resources/alerts/db2/2008-04.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- IZ08512 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 46269 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 29601 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ibm-db2-recoverjar-removejar-dos(41955) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IZ08945 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 46268 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 29022 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080418 Team SHATTER Security Advisory: Multiple DoS in JAR files manipulation procedures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2008-1964 (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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