CVE-2004-2490

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.47% (41st) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.xC1 and 9.40.xC2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GL_PATH environment variable.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.03.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USLLM-inferred

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
ibm informix dynamic server= 9.40.uc1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm informix dynamic server= 9.40.uc2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm informix extended parallel server= 8.40_uc1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_extended_parallel_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm informix extended parallel server= 8.40_uc2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_extended_parallel_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2004-12-31modified 2026-06-16

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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