CVE-2007-4992

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2007-4992 · Published 11/10/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-4992 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting firebird (firebirdsql).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.7%, higher than 94.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firebird firebirdsql	`= 2.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the process_packet function in fbserver.exe in Firebird SQL 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request to TCP port 3050.

References

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/27982
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-06.xml
securitytracker.com/id
firebirdsql.org/rlsnotes/Firebird-2.0.3-ReleaseNotes.pdf
securityfocus.com/archive/1/482025/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/26011
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-057.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37079

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

firebird

firebirdsql

= 2.0.2

No fix yet

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