Firebird is an open-source relational database management system. In versions prior to 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14, the sdl_desc() function does not validate the length of a decoded SDL descriptor from a slice packet. A zero-length descriptor is later used to calculate the number of slice items, causing a division by zero. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted slice packet to crash the server. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-g99w-prq5-29c6 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · firebirdsqlNVD modified 2026-10-26 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 4
- https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/releases/tag/v3.0.14 Release Notes
- https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/releases/tag/v4.0.7 Release Notes
- https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/releases/tag/v5.0.4 Release Notes
- https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-g99w-prq5-29c6 Exploit, Vendor Advisory