High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published May 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1488

Description

IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 10.5 and 11.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, which could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system as root. IBM X-Force ID: 140973.

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Affected products

IBM/Db2llm-fuzzy
Range: 10.5, 11.1
IBM/Db2 Recovery Expert for Linux, UNIX and Windowscpe-rescue
Range: 10.5

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References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040968nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140973nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory

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