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…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 37% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Firebird 1.0.2 (FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE) - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29local, bsdpublished 12 May 2003Verified
- Interbase 6.0 - GDS_Drop Interbase Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21566local, unixpublished 18 Jun 2002Verified
- Interbase 6.0 - GDS_Drop Interbase Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21565local, unixpublished 15 Jun 2002Verified
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Timeline
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- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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 (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-0276 (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)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2003-0281)Record last updated .