CVE-2016-1569 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in FireBird 2.5.5, allowing remote authenticated users to crash the daemon by invoking the gbak utility with an invalid parameter via the service manager. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and requires authentication, but can lead to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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