- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 11.5.0 through 11.5.9 and 12.1.0 through 12.1.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service as the server may crash under certain conditions with a specially crafted query due to improper release of memory resources.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Customers running any vulnerable affected level of an affected Program V11.5, and V12.1 can download the special build containing the interim fix for this issue from Fix Central. These special builds are available based on the most recent affected level for each impacted release: V11.5.9, V12.1.1 and V12.1.2. They can be applied to any affected mod pack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability. Release Fixed in mod pack APAR Download URL V11.5 TBD DT425663 Special Build #62071 or later for V11.5.9 available at this link: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7087189 V12.1 V12.1.2 DT425663 Special Build #62100 or later for V12.1.1 available at this link: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/db2-v1211-published-cumulative-special-build-downloads#52441 12.1.2 Latest: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/db2-v1212-published-cumulative-special-build-downloads IBM does not disclose key Db2 functionality nor replication steps for a vulnerability to avoid providing too much information to any potential malicious attacker. IBM does not want to enable a malicious attacker with sufficient knowledge to craft an exploit of the vulnerability. Note: After December 31, 2025, 11.1 and 10.5 versions of Db2 will not have security fixes made available as they will reach EoS.
References
References1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7240955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
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-2025-23018 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-36071)Record last updated .