CVE-2023-41038

Server crash when using specific form of SET BIND statement

Published: Mar 20, 2024Updated: Dec 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-770

7.5HIGH

Description

Firebird is a relational database. Versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.3 and version 5.0 beta1 are vulnerable to a server crash when a user uses a specific form of SET BIND statement. Any non-privileged user with minimum access to a server may type a statement with a long `CHAR` length, which causes the server to crash due to stack corruption. Versions 4.0.4.2981 and 5.0.0.117 contain fixes for this issue. No known workarounds are available.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected Products

FirebirdSQL

oss-projectaka firebird

firebirdOn-prem

Databases / relational

ООО «Ред Софт»

commercial·RUaka red soft

РЕД ОСOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Firebird Foundation Inc.

oss-projectaka firebird

FirebirdOn-prem

Databases / relational

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Exploitability

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References

https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-6fv8-8rwr-9692

github.com

https://firebirdsql.org/en/snapshot-builds

firebirdsql.org

https://firebirdsql.org/en/snapshot-builds/

firebirdsql.org

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