CVE-2025-54989 (GCVE-0-2025-54989)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-15 15:04 – Updated: 2025-11-03 18:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Firebird XDR Message Parsing NULL Pointer Dereference Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Summary
Firebird is a relational database. Prior to versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3, there is an XDR message parsing NULL pointer dereference denial-of-service vulnerability in Firebird. This specific flaw exists within the parsing of xdr message from client. It leads to NULL pointer dereference and DoS. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-15 19:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues/8554 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/commit/16… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025… |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FirebirdSQL | firebird |
Affected:
< 3.0.13
Affected: < 4.0.6 Affected: < 5.0.3 |
guessed |
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