Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-49828

 

Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-49828

Published: August 15, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114104
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-49828
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to server may crash under certain conditions with a specially crafted query. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted query to perform a denial of service attack.


Affected software

IBM DB2 LUW
Watson Query on Cloud Pak for Data
Data Virtualization (DV) on Cloud Pak for Data (CPD)
Db2 Big SQL
IBM OpenPages with Watson
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
IBM Security Verify Governance

How to mitigate CVE-2024-49828

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.6.1
Data Virtualization (DV) on Cloud Pak for Data (CPD) - update to 3.2.1
Db2 Big SQL - update to 8.1
IBM OpenPages with Watson - update to 9.1.2

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