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CVE-2004-2043: borland_software interbase

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDSA-1014-1
Published 10-05-2005Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-2043 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in borland_software interbase. EPSS estimates a 11.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.87%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits4reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 10-05-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in ibserver for Firebird Database 1.0 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long database name, as demonstrated using the gsec command.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

11.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 11.87% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
11.87%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

4 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securiteam.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    Borland Interbase 7.x - Remote Buffer Overflow

    Maturity: weaponized

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  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    Firebird 1.0 - Remote Database Name Buffer Overrun

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Borland_software2 products
Debian1 product
  • firebird2< 1.5.1-4sarge1
Firebirdsql1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

12 links
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