CVE-2008-0949
Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—
Unspecified vulnerability in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 7.x through 11.x allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a malformed connection request packet.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 10
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.65%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 85
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29272
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IC55224&apar=only
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IC55225&apar=only
- http://www.informixmag.com/content/view/11143/27/
- http://www.informixmag.com/content/view/11144/27/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28198
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0860
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29272
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IC55224&apar=only
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IC55225&apar=only
- http://www.informixmag.com/content/view/11143/27/
- http://www.informixmag.com/content/view/11144/27/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28198
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0860
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41370
Raw JSON (NVD)
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