CVE-2008-0387
Integer overflow in Firebird SQL 1.0.3 and earlier, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0 RC1 might allow remote…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 45.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Integer overflow in Firebird SQL 1.0.3 and earlier, 1.5.x before 1.5.6, 2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0 RC1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) op_receive, (2) op_start, (3) op_start_and_receive, (4) op_send, (5) op_start_and_send, and (6) op_start_send_and_receive XDR requests, which triggers memory corruption.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Firebird 2.0.3 Relational Database - 'protocol.cpp' XDR Protocol Remote Memory Corruption (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31050remote, multiplepublished 28 Jan 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
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 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 45.9% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- GLSA-200803-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 29203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- firebird-xdrprotocol-integer-overflow(39996) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2095 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9028&release_id=570800 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080128 CORE-2007-1219: Firebird Remote Memory Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3580 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 27403 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-1681 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2008-0397 (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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