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CVE-2009-2858

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2858 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the Security component of IBM DB2 8.1 before FP18 on Unix platforms. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming memory through unspecified vectors, impacting the DB2 memory structure. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium severity issue with low attack complexity and no confidentiality or integrity impact, only availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:*:fp17:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.1:fp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.1:fp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.1:fp11:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.1:fp12:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0166 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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

ftp.software.ibm.com / ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v82/APARLIST.TXT
secunia.com / advisories/36313
Vendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch