Out-of-Bounds Affecting firebirdsql/firebird package, versions [,3.0.14)[4.0.0,4.0.7)[5.0.0-beta1,5.0.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.46% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREBIRDSQLFIREBIRD-16318406
  • published28 Apr 2026
  • disclosed17 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-27890  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade firebirdsql/firebird to version 3.0.14, 4.0.7, 5.0.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds via the grow() function. An attacker can cause the server to crash by sending CNCT_specific_data segments out of order during authentication.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1