CVE-2008-3858: IBM DB2 Universal Database

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Downlevel DB2RA Support component in IBM DB2 9.1 before Fixpak 4a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (instance crash) via a crafted CONNECT data stream that simulates a V7 client connect request.

Affected products

• IBM DB2 Universal Database: version 9.1 only

Published 2008-08-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.