CVE-2018-1936 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in IBM DB2 versions 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1, specifically within the libdb2e.so.1 library, affecting installations on Linux and Windows. This flaw, caused by improper bounds checking, could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code. It carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.