FKIE_CVE-2025-54989

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-15 15:15 - Updated: 2025-11-03 19:16
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Firebird is a relational database. Prior to versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3, there is an XDR message parsing NULL pointer dereference denial-of-service vulnerability in Firebird. This specific flaw exists within the parsing of xdr message from client. It leads to NULL pointer dereference and DoS. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/commit/169da595f8693fc1a65a79c741724b1bc8db9f25Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues/8554Issue Tracking
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-7qp6-hqxj-pjjpThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00021.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
firebirdsql firebird *
firebirdsql firebird *
firebirdsql firebird *
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