CVE-2008-3960

Unspecified vulnerability in the JDBC Applet Server Service (aka db2jds) in IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via "malicious packets."

Published: 2008-09-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3960 is rated Moderate Risk (46.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.75%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3960

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 1.42% 1.75% +0.33%
2 2025-03-30 1.34% 1.42% +0.08%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.34% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3960

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3960

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3960

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2_universal_database <= 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:*:fp16:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp10:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp11:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp12:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp13:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp14:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp15:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp8:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2_universal_database 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2_universal_database:8.2:fp9:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3960

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