CVE-2026-28212 (GCVE-0-2026-28212)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-17 18:05 – Updated: 2026-04-20 13:46
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Title
Firebird has potential server crash via null pointer dereference when processing op_slice packet
Summary
Firebird is an open-source relational database management system. In versions prior to 6.0.0, 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14, when processing an op_slice network packet, the server passes an unprepared structure containing a null pointer to the SDL_info() function, resulting in a null pointer dereference and server crash. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this by sending a crafted packet to the server port. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.0.0, 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
FirebirdSQL firebird Affected: < 3.0.14
Affected: >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.7
Affected: >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.4
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