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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2009-4325

Medium
6.4/10

Summary

The Client Interfaces component in IBM DB2 8.2 before FP18, 9.1 before FP8, 9.5 before FP5, and 9.7 before FP1 does not validate an unspecified pointer, which allows attackers to overwrite "external memory" via unknown vectors, related to a missing "check for null pointers."

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published