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CVE-2005-4866

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4866 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the JDBC Applet Server of IBM DB2 8.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating username lengths and db2java.zip versions during connection attempts. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring network access and medium attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.0:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.0:*:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.0:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:7.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0155 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/12733
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17613
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
nextgenss.com / advisories/db205012005D.txt
securityfocus.com / bid/11401
Patch