Can network problem corrupt a database?

I am wondering if network connectivity issues can cause corruption of the database.

I don't see why not, to be honest - but that's just a gut feeling.

I don't think so...
Why would the network problem cause leads to corrupt db unless you are using .mdf and .ldf file as network files.

Client apps may be handling stuff improperly, perhaps due to network problems. Perhaps a transaction initiated by the client side, that never gets committed or rolled back?

Yeah its quite possible... One scenario which is coming into my mind is, suppose my database files are on SAN and connected via network and as expalined by Adriaan, if there is a network prob while running a large update or delete and this can lead data to be in an inconsistent state as the tran is neither committed or rollbacked.

I've actually seen this happen at a client site, the DB files (.mdf and .ldf) where on a SAN, and during a long running DML query, the network SAN device lost connectivity and corrupted the DBs. The recovery process was as follows, 1) Recover the network outage, 2) Restore DB's from backups. All in all, the client lost about 24 hours worth of data due this network outage that affected the DB's stored on SAN device.

I think that network problems may lead to open transactions which may need to be resolved , but not corrupting database