CVE-2014-6159

low
Published 2014-11-08 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5

Description

IBM DB2 9.7 before FP10, 9.8 through FP5, 10.1 through FT4, and 10.5 through FP4 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows, when immediate AUTO_REVAL is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted ALTER TABLE statement.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21688051

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT05105

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmdb29.7
ibmdb29.8
ibmdb210.1
ibmdb210.5

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.