CVE-2006-3854

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC7, 9.40.TC8, 10.00.TC4, and 10.00.TC5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username, which causes an overflow in vsprintf when displaying in the resulting error message. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3853.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28381

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443150/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1409

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-08-17

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06782