CVE-2008-0727: IBM Informix Dynamic Server

High severity, CVSS 8.5. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple buffer overflows in oninit.exe in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 7.x through 11.x allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long password and (2) remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long DBPATH value.

Affected products

• IBM Informix Dynamic Server: version 7.3 only; version 7.31.xd8 only; version 7.31.xd9 only; version 9.3 only; version 9.4 only; version 9.40.tc5 only; …

Published 2008-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.