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critical 9.3

CVE-2007-5244 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris, allo…

published 2007-10-06 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5224

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
37.5%
EPSS 37.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long attach request on TCP port 3050 to the open_marker_file function.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/misc/ib_open_marker_file)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

37.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/misc/ib_open_marker_file Borland InterBase open_marker_file() Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, good rank, 2007-10-03
  • EDB-16840 Borland Interbase - 'open_marker_file()' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-07-03
  • EDB-10019 Borland Interbase 2007/2007 SP2 - 'open_marker_file' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2007-10-03
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25917 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • risesecurity.org http://risesecurity.org/blog/entry/3/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • risesecurity.org http://risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2007002/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • risesecurity.org http://risesecurity.org/exploit/11/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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