CVE-2014-6209

IBM DB2 9.5 through FP10, 9.7 through FP10, 9.8 through FP5, 10.1 through FP4, and 10.5 before FP5 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by specifying an identity column within a crafted ALTER TABLE statement.

Published: 2014-12-12 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-6209 is rated Moderate Risk (43.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.37%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-6209

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 2026-03-10 1.60% 1.37% -0.23%
2 2025-04-12 1.66% 1.60% -0.06%
3 2025-04-08 1.66%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-6209

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-6209

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-6209

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm db2 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 9.7 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 10.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm db2 10.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-6209

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