IBM Db2 11.5-12.1 Authenticated Federation DoS via Insufficient Memory Release
CVE-2025-1992 Published on May 5, 2025
IBM Db2 denial of service
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 11.5.0 through 11.5.9 and 12.1.0 through 12.1.1 could allow an authenticated user in federation environment, to cause a denial of service due to insufficient release of allocated memory after usage.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-1992 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Leak Vulnerability?
The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is often triggered by improper handling of malformed data or unexpectedly interrupted sessions. In some languages, developers are responsible for tracking memory allocation and releasing the memory. If there are no more pointers or references to the memory, then it can no longer be tracked and identified for release.
CVE-2025-1992 has been classified to as a Memory Leak vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-1992
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Affected Versions
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows:- Version 11.5.0, <= 11.5.9 is affected.
- Version 12.1.0, <= 12.1.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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