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CVE-2006-6638

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6638 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IBM DB2 8.1 before FixPak 14, specifically affecting the db2_universal_database product. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a crafted SQLJRA packet, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in the sqle_db2ra_as_recvrequest function within DB2ENGN.DLL. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.6cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.1.6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0229 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

secunia.com / advisories/23397
PatchVendor Advisory
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch
appsecinc.com / resources/alerts/db2/2006-11-30.shtml
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/21646
Patch