Vulnerabilites related to IBM - IBM Db2
CVE-2025-36071 (GCVE-0-2025-36071)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-29 18:27
Modified
2025-07-29 19:32
CWE
  • CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Summary
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 11.5.0 through 11.5.9 and 12.1.0 through 12.1.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service as the server may crash under certain conditions with a specially crafted query due to improper release of memory resources.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM IBM Db2 Version: 11.5.0    11.5.9
Version: 12.1.0    12.1.2
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
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    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:zos:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:11.5.9:*:*:*:*:zos:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:zos:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:zos:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:unix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:aix:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:db2:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:zos:*:*
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