Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2023 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2023-40372IBM Db2 denial of service

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes Db2 Connect Server) 11.5 is vulnerable to denial of service with a specially crafted SQL statement using External Tables. IBM X-Force ID: 263499.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 11.5

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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