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    CVE-2003-0281

    Buffer overflow in Firebird 1.0.2 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long INTERBASE environment variable when calling (1) gds_inet_server, (2) gds_lock_mgr, or (3) gds_drop.

    Published:May 14, 2003
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 14, 2003
    EPSS Score:0.00121
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Firebirdsql
    Product
    Firebird

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21565https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21566

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High