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CVE-2012-5529

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5529 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Firebird versions 2.5.0 and 2.5.1. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash the TraceManager by submitting an empty dynamic SQL query when tracing is enabled. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no known exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 1,637 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/80073
tracker.firebirdsql.org / browse/CORE-3884
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2648
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/14/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/14/8
securityfocus.com / bid/56521
securitytracker.com / id