CVE-2008-0387 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 45.9% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 45.87% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-01-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| firebirdsql | firebird |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Firebird 2.0.3 Relational Database - 'protocol.cpp' XDR Protocol Remote Memory Corruption | 2008-01-28 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29501
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-02.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3580
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9028&release_id=570800
- http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-1681
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2095
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1529
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487173/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27403
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39996
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29501
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-02.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3580
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9028&release_id=570800
- http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-1681
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2095
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1529
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487173/100/0/threaded
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