Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-41038

RCE

Title: Firebirdsql Firebird RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-41038.

CWE Category CWE-770

Published Date Mar 20, 2024

Modified Date Dec 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-41038: Firebird is a relational database. Versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.3 and version 5.0 beta1 are vulnerable to a server crash when a user uses a specific form of SET BIND statement. Any non-privileged user with minimum access to a server may type a statement with a long `CHAR` length, which causes the server to crash due to stack corruption. Versions 4.0.4.2981 and 5.0.0.117 contain fixes for this issue. No known workarounds are available.

Impacted Vendors

firebirdsql 1

firebird 1

Reference Links

https://firebirdsql.org/en/snapshot-builds https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-6fv8-8rwr-9692 https://firebirdsql.org/en/snapshot-builds https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-6fv8-8rwr-9692

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-41038 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

December 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 20, 2024 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.