CVE-2005-4869 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The (1) to_char and (2) to_date function in IBM DB2 8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an empty string in the second parameter, which causes a null pointer dereference.

Published: 2007-10-06

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4860	The (1) to_char and (2) to_date function in IBM DB2 8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an empty string in the second parameter, which causes a null pointer dereference.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00162.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110495483501494&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12733/
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IY61781
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/db205012005G.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11400
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17614

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Db2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-06T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.381Z

Reserved: 2007-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4869

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4869

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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