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CVE-2008-6821

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6821 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the DAS server of IBM DB2 versions 8, 9.1, and 9.5. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial of service via unspecified network vectors. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp11:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp12:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.0:fp13:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0367 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ftp.software.ibm.com / ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/31787
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51108
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/35408