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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2004-2043 json

Buffer overflow in ibserver for Firebird Database 1.0 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase cod…

published 2004-05-01 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2035

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.9%
EPSS 11.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in ibserver for Firebird Database 1.0 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long database name, as demonstrated using the gsec command.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-24165)

Exploit prediction

11.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-24165 Firebird 1.0 - Remote Database Name Buffer Overrun remote, 2004-06-01
  • EDB-303 Borland Interbase 7.x - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2004-06-25
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10446 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securiteam.com http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5AP0P0UCUO.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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