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CVE-2006-3854 Details

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 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1409	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28381	CVE
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443150/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1409	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28381	[email protected]
http://www.databasesecurity.com/informix/DatabaseHackersHandbook-AttackingInformix.pdf	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443133/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443150/100/0/threaded	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ibm informix dynamic database server	9.40.tc7 9.40.tc8 10.00.tc4 10.00.tc5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:9.40.tc7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:9.40.tc8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:10.00.tc4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:informix_dynamic_database_server:10.00.tc5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]