CVE-2007-5244

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 37.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Borland InterBase LI 8.0.0.53 through 8.1.0.253 on Linux, and possibly unspecified versions on Solaris, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long attach request on TCP port 3050 to the open_marker_file function.

Affected products

Borland Software Interbase: li_8.0.0.53, li_8.0.0.54, li_8.0.0.253

References

http://osvdb.org/38610
http://risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2007002/
http://risesecurity.org/blog/entry/3/
http://risesecurity.org/exploit/11/
http://secunia.com/advisories/27058
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25917
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018772
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3381
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36956
http://osvdb.org/38610
http://risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2007002/
http://risesecurity.org/blog/entry/3/

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