High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-4701
CVE-2020-4701
Description
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
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Affected products
2- Range: 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5
- Range: 10.5
Patches
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References
2- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6370025nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187078nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory
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