CVE-2008-0727
Multiple buffer overflows in oninit.exe in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 7.x through 11.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long password and (2) remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long DBPATH value.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in oninit.exe in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 7.x through 11.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long password and (2) remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long DBPATH value.
- CVSS 2.0
- 8.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.25% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ibm/informix dynamic server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29272Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3749
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55207
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55208
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55209
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55210
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489547/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489548/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28198
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0860
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-011/
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-012/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41202
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29272Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3749
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55207
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55208
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55209
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC55210
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489547/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489548/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28198
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0860
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-011/
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-012/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41202
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41203
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.