CVE-2023-41038
Server crash when using specific form of SET BIND statement
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Server crash when using specific form of SET BIND statement
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-41038- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-45573
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.
- Record
EUVD-2023-45573- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-41038- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Server crash when using specific form of SET BIND statement
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-41038- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41038- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-06
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
firebird2.5Ubuntu:14.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.2.26540.ds4-32.5.2.26540.ds4-72.5.2.26540.ds4-82.5.2.26540.ds4-8ubuntu12.5.2.26540.ds4-8ubuntu22.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu12.5.2.26540.ds4-9ubuntu1.1 |
None known |
firebird2.5Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5.4.26856.ds4-1build12.5.4.26856.ds4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
relationalUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.0-12.1-22.2-1 |
None known |
relationalUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5-1 |
None known |
relationalUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.5-2 |
None known |
relationalUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.0-1 |
None known |
relationalUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.0-13.1-1 |
None known |
firebird3.0Ubuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.0.12.ds7-12 |
None known |
relationalUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.3-1 |
None known |
firebird3.0Ubuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.0.13.ds7-2build13.0.14.ds7-1 |
None known |
relationalUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.4-1 |
None known |
relationalUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.3-13.4-1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | OSV | |
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-41038 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Firebirdsql Firebird, published March 20, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.66%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.