High severity · published Mar 20, 2024
CVE-2023-41038
Firebird is a relational database
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Firebird is a relational database. Versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.3 and version 5.0 beta1 are vulnerable to a server crash when a user uses a specific form of SET BIND statement. Any non-privileged user with minimum access to a server may type a statement with a long `CHAR` length, which causes the server to crash due to stack corruption. Versions 4.0.4.2981 and 5.0.0.117 contain fixes for this issue. No known workarounds are available.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firebird · Firebirdsql
4.0.0 through 4.0.3; 5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41038
Product
https://firebirdsql.org/en/snapshot-builds
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-6fv8-8rwr-9692
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