CVE-2008-0387

Firebird vulnerability

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

45.9%

EPSS pct

99th

Exploited

No known

Integer overflow in Firebird SQL 1.0.3 and earlier, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0 RC1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) op_receive, (2) op_start, (3) op_start_and_receive, (4) op_send, (5) op_start_and_send, and (6) op_start_send_and_receive XDR requests, which triggers memory corruption.

Affected vendor

Firebirdsql

Affected product

Firebird

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-189

Published

2008-01-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 45.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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