CVE-2004-2043 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ibserver component of Firebird Database 1.0 (and versions before 1.5), as well as other products utilizing the InterBase codebase. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by supplying an excessively long database name. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to system crashes. While not on the CISA KEV list or actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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