CVE-2008-3854

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 5 and 9.5 before Fixpak 1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system outage) via vectors related to (1) use of XQuery to issue statements; the (2) XMLQUERY, (3) XMLEXISTS, and (4) XMLTABLE statements; and the (5) sqlrlaka function.

Published: 2008-08-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3854 is rated Moderate Risk (60.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.68%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3854

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 5.36% 3.68% -1.67%
2 2026-04-29 7.10% 5.36% -1.74%
3 2025-10-18 — 7.10% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3854

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3854

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3854

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:hp_ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp2:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp3:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.1:fp4a:windows:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.5:*:aix:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.5:*:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.5:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.5:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:9.5:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3854

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