CVE-2020-4204
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 174960.
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affected products (10)
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references (27)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/48904cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174960cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4204cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/IBM-DB2-buffer-overflow-31628cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.0591.2/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.0591.3/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.0591/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.0814/cnnvd
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