CVE-2012-2180

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2012-2180 · Published 20/06/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-2180 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting db2 (ibm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
db2 ibm	`= 9.7= 9.7.0.1= 9.7.0.2= 9.7.0.3= 9.7.0.4= 9.7.0.5= 9.8= 9.8.0.3= 9.8.0.4`	No fix yet

Description

The chaining functionality in the Distributed Relational Database Architecture (DRDA) module in IBM DB2 9.7 before FP6 and 9.8 before FP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, and resource consumption or daemon crash) via a crafted request.

References

ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Vendor Advisory
ibm.com/support/docview.wss
ibm.com/support/docview.wss · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/53873
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75418

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

db2

ibm

= 9.7= 9.7.0.1= 9.7.0.2= 9.7.0.3= 9.7.0.4= 9.7.0.5= 9.8= 9.8.0.3= 9.8.0.4

No fix yet

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