CVE-2020-4701

high

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 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.

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6370025

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187078

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-19

Updated: 2020-12-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H