CVE-2009-4327

The Common Code Infrastructure component in IBM DB2 9.5 before FP5 and 9.7 before FP1 does not properly validate the size of a memory pool during a creation attempt, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-12-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4327 is rated Moderate Risk (49.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.35%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.31% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4327

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 1.04% 2.35% +1.31%
2 2025-03-30 1.39% 1.04% -0.35%
3 2025-03-29 1.39%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4327

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-2009-4327

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4327

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp2a:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:fp3b:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4327

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