CVE-2016-1569
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by...
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.
- Record
CVE-2016-1569- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.
- Record
CVE-2016-1569- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2664 No score
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2664- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qxj2-69f2-vjcr
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by...
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.
- Record
GHSA-qxj2-69f2-vjcr- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
FireBird 2.5.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by using service manager to invoke the gbak utility with an invalid parameter.
- Record
CVE-2016-1569- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1569 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Firebirdsql Firebird, published January 13, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.30%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/10/2
tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-5068
sourceforge.net/p/firebird/code/62783
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177119.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1569
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qxj2-69f2-vjcr