CVE-2010-3740 — The Net Search Extender (NSE) implementation in the Text Search component in IBM DB2 UDB 9.5 before FP6a does not properly handle an alphanumeric Fuzzy search, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) via the db2ext.textSearch function

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The Net Search Extender (NSE) implementation in the Text Search component in IBM DB2 UDB 9.5 before FP6a does not properly handle an alphanumeric Fuzzy search, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) via the db2ext.textSearch function

Published Oct 5, 2010

4.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.10%

Description

The Net Search Extender (NSE) implementation in the Text Search component in IBM DB2 UDB 9.5 before FP6a does not properly handle an alphanumeric Fuzzy search, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) via the db2ext.textSearch function.

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.10% 0.01104

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01104

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.10% (0.01104)	64.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.13% (0.01125)	61.95th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.41% (0.00406)	59.00th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.30% (0.00297)	70.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.30% (0.00300)	68.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.30% (0.00300)	64.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.06% (0.01061)	52.82th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 19, 2022	1.06% (0.01061)	51.19th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.06% (0.01061)	49.19th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.06% (0.01061)	28.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-399

References (3)

ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v95/APARLIST.TXT
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC66613
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13811
vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Link	Providers	Tags
ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/ps/products/db2/fixes/english-us/aparlist/db2_v95/APARLIST.TXT		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC66613		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13811		vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 5, 2010

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 5, 2010

Link CVE-2010-3740

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2010-3740

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2010-3740