CVE-2007-4273: IBM DB2 Universal Database

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM DB2 UDB 8 before Fixpak 15 and 9.1 before Fixpak 3 allows local users to create arbitrary directories and execute arbitrary code via a "crafted localized message file" that enables a format string attack, possibly involving the (1) OSSEMEMDBG or (2) TRC_LOG_FILE environment variable in db2licd (db2licm).

Affected products

• IBM DB2 Universal Database: up to and including 8.0; up to and including 9.1

Published 2007-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.