CVE-2002-0905: IBM Informix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in sqlexec for Informix SE-7.25 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long INFORMIXDIR environment variable.

Affected products

• IBM Informix: version 7.25_.uc1_se only; version 7.25_.uc2_se only; version 7.25_.uc3_se only

Published 2002-10-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.