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CVE-2003-0281
Buffer overflow in Firebird 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows local…
Medium4.6EPSS 1.0%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in Firebird 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long INTERBASE environment variable when calling (1) gds_inet_server, (2) gds_lock_mgr, or (3) gds_drop.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- firebird-interbase-bo(11977) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200405-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20020617 Interbase 6.0 malloc() issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030509 Firebird Local exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 7546 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 8758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .