Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-2492

Title: Firebirdsql Firebird RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2013-2492

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Mar 15, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

86.70%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-2492: Stack-based buffer overflow in Firebird 2.1.3 through 2.1.5 before 18514, and 2.5.1 through 2.5.3 before 26623, on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 3050, related to a missing size check during extraction of a group number from CNCT information.

Impacted Vendors

firebirdsql 1

firebird 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00036.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00039.html http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-4058 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2647 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2648 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58393 https://gist.github.com/zeroSteiner/85daef257831d904479c https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/fb_cnct_group.rb https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-11 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00036.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00039.html http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-4058 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2647 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2648 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58393 https://gist.github.com/zeroSteiner/85daef257831d904479c https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/fb_cnct_group.rb https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-11

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-2492 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41709

View Code

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 15, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.