CVE-2025-54989: 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…

PriorityP340high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.51%

39.6th percentile

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.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	firebird3.0	< firebird3.0 3.0.11.33637.ds4-2+deb12u1 (bookworm)	firebird3.0 3.0.11.33637.ds4-2+deb12u1 (bookworm)
debian	firebird4.0	< firebird3.0 3.0.11.33637.ds4-2+deb12u1 (bookworm)	firebird3.0 3.0.11.33637.ds4-2+deb12u1 (bookworm)
firebirdsql	firebird	< 4.0.6	4.0.6
firebirdsql	firebird	< 5.0.3	5.0.3
firebirdsql	firebird	< 3.0.13	3.0.13
firebirdsql	firebird	>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.6	4.0.6
firebirdsql	firebird	>= 5.0.0 < 5.0.3	5.0.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM

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