CVE-2008-0467

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Firebird before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0 RC1, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username.

Affected products

FirebirdSQL firebird: through 2.0.3; through 2.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28596
http://secunia.com/advisories/29203
http://secunia.com/advisories/29501
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-02.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9028&release_id=570800
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=570816&group_id=9028
http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-1603
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1529
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27467
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019277
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0300
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39981

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