Description
Firebird is a relational database. Versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.3 and version 5.0 beta1 are vulnerable to a server crash when a user uses a specific form of SET BIND statement. Any non-privileged user with minimum access to a server may type a statement with a long `CHAR` length, which causes the server to crash due to stack corruption. Versions 4.0.4.2981 and 5.0.0.117 contain fixes for this issue. No known workarounds are available.
Published: 2024-03-20
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-45573 Firebird is a relational database. Versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.3 and version 5.0 beta1 are vulnerable to a server crash when a user uses a specific form of SET BIND statement. Any non-privileged user with minimum access to a server may type a statement with a long `CHAR` length, which causes the server to crash due to stack corruption. Versions 4.0.4.2981 and 5.0.0.117 contain fixes for this issue. No known workarounds are available.
History

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Subscriptions

Firebirdsql Firebird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-13T16:44:27.739Z

Reserved: 2023-08-22T16:57:23.932Z

Link: CVE-2023-41038

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:46:11.557Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-20T15:15:07.290

Modified: 2025-12-03T20:03:05.223

Link: CVE-2023-41038

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:31:25Z

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