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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2006· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2006-3854

CVE-2006-3854

Description

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC7, 9.40.TC8, 10.00.TC4, and 10.00.TC5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username, which causes an overflow in vsprintf when displaying in the resulting error message. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3853.

Affected products

4
  • IBM/Informix Dynamic Database Server4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:10.00.tc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:10.00.tc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:10.00.tc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:9.40.tc7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:9.40.tc8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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