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CVE-2025-54989

Firebird XDR Message Parsing NULL Pointer Dereference Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Published: Aug 15, 2025Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-476
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Firebird is a relational database. Prior to versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3, there is an XDR message parsing NULL pointer dereference denial-of-service vulnerability in Firebird. This specific flaw exists within the parsing of xdr message from client. It leads to NULL pointer dereference and DoS. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
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:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Ред База ДанныхООО «Ред Софт»
On-premDatabase
Databases / relational
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxАО «НППКТ»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
firebirdfirebirdsql
On-prem
Databases / relational
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
ао «нппкт»commercialRUOperating Systems
firebirdsqloss-projectDatabasesaka firebird
and 1 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

https://rdb.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/ustranenie-mnozhestvennykh-uyazvimostey-subd-red-baza-dannykh-rdb-20250828-01/
rdb.red-soft.ru
http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates/
repo.red-soft.ru
https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se18-bulletin-2026-0224SE18
wiki.astralinux.ru
and 5 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 15, 2025
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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