CVE-2017-1297

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Published 2017-06-27 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.3

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.2, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 (includes DB2 Connect Server) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. IBM X-Force ID: 125159.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

72%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42260 dos multiple

defensecode · 2017-06-26

IBM DB2 9.7/10.1/10.5/11.1 - Command Line Processor Buffer Overflow

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
linux-kernel	-	not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	data_server_client	`-`
ibm	data_server_driver_for_odbc_and_cli	`-`
ibm	data_server_driver_package	`-`
ibm	data_server_runtime_client	`-`
ibm	db2	`9.7`
ibm	db2	`10.1`
ibm	db2	`10.5`
ibm	db2	`11.1`
ibm	db2_connect	`9.7`
ibm	db2_connect	`10.1`
ibm	db2_connect	`10.5`
ibm	db2_connect	`11.1.0.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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