CVE-2007-3527

Description

Integer overflow in Firebird 2.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certain database operations with multi-byte character sets that trigger an attempt to use the value 65536 for a 16-bit integer, which is treated as 0 and causes an infinite loop on zero-length data.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.26% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotes/Firebird-2.0.1-ReleaseNotes.pdf	patch
http://osvdb.org/43782	vdb entry
http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-1063
http://secunia.com/advisories/29501	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28473	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1529	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-3527?: CVE-2007-3527 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-3527?: To fix CVE-2007-3527, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-3527 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-3527 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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