CVE-2012-5529

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

TraceManager in Firebird 2.5.0 and 2.5.1, when trace is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by preparing an empty dynamic SQL query.

Affected products

FirebirdSQL firebird: 2.5.0, 2.5.1

References

http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-3884
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2648
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/14/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/14/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56521
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027769
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80073
http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-3884
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2648
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/14/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/14/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56521

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