CVE-2003-0281

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Published May 14, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0276	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.0% (1.012% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105259012802997&w=2
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2002/Jun/0212.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/8758
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-18.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7546
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11977

History

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Subscriptions

Firebirdsql Firebird

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:50 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 14, 2003, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:50 AM
Reserved: May 12, 2003, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:01 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 16, 2003, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:01 PM

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