CVE-2007-3181
Buffer overflow in fbserver.exe in Firebird SQL 2 before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large p_cnct_count…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 13.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in fbserver.exe in Firebird SQL 2 before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large p_cnct_count value in a p_cnct structure in a connect (0x01) request to port 3050/tcp, related to "an InterBase version of gds32.dll."
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Firebird SQL Fbserver 2.0 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30186remote, linuxpublished 12 Jun 2007Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.2% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 24436 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotes/Firebird-2.0.1-ReleaseNotes.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37231 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 25601 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- firebird-fbserver-bo(34833) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-07-11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200707-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2149 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25872 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2007-3173 (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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