CVE-2010-1124 bos.rte.libc 5.3.9.4 on IBM AIX 5.3 does not properly support reading a certain address field after a successful getaddrinfo function call,

What is CVE-2010-1124?

CVE-2010-1124 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 26 Mar 2010.

Official description

bos.rte.libc 5.3.9.4 on IBM AIX 5.3 does not properly support reading a certain address field after a successful getaddrinfo function call, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by IBM DB2 crashes on "systems with databases cataloged with alternate servers using IP addresses."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1124?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Aix.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-1124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix

• CVE-2025-36250 AIX Code Execution Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-56346 IBM AIX command execution Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3187 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-3699 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-3517 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ibm Aix vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-vjp8-9j46-32cg.