CVE-2025-33092 HIGH

CVE-2025-33092: IBM Db2 for Linux code execution

Vendor Ibm
Product Db2
Weakness CWE-121
Published July 29, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM Db2 for Linux 12.1.0, 12.1.1, and 12.1.2 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in db2fm, caused by improper bounds checking. A local user could overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 29, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated