CVE-2006-3854

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 9.40.TC7, 9.40.TC8, 10.00.TC4, and 10.00.TC5, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username, which causes an overflow in vsprintf when displaying in the resulting error message. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3853.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 17, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2006-3854: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix