# CVE-2014-8910: Information disclosure in n/a

> Authenticated users can read arbitrary text files via crafted XML/XSLT functions in SELECT statements, exposing sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jul 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4p85-v93w-2wpf

## What is CVE-2014-8910?

CVE-2014-8910 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Db2, published on 20 Jul 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM DB2 9.7 through FP10, 9.8 through FP5, 10.1 before FP5, and 10.5 through FP5 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary text files via a crafted XML/XSLT function in a SELECT statement.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8910?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Db2.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-8910?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8910 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-8910 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8910 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Db2

- [CVE-2012-1797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1797/): IBM DB2 9.5 uses world-writable permissions for nodes.reg, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors. (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-3731](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3731/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-3193](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3193/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-4335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4335/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-3473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3473/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-8910 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-8910 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Db2, published on 20 Jul 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8910 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Db2. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8910/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8910/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8910
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8910
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8910

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8910/
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