CVE-2005-4869: IBM DB2

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) to_char and (2) to_date function in IBM DB2 8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an empty string in the second parameter, which causes a null pointer dereference.

Affected products

• IBM DB2: version 8.1 only

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.