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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-4870

CVE-2005-4870

Description

Stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) xmlvarcharfromfile, (2) xmlclobfromfile, (3) xmlfilefromvarchar, and (4) xmlfilefromclob function calls in IBM DB2 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a 94-byte second argument, which causes the return address to be overwritten with a pointer to the argument.

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Affected products

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  • IBM/Db22 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =8.1

Patches

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