Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-52894

 

Stack-based buffer overflow in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-52894

Published: August 18, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114126
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52894
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote privileged user can send a specially crafted query and perform a denial of service (DoS) 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 Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component
IBM Security Verify Governance

How to mitigate CVE-2024-52894

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 Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component - addressed in versions 8.6.30, 8.7.24, 9.0.17, 9.1.3
IBM OpenPages with Watson - update to 9.1.2

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