MEDIUM
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
Published Jan 13, 2016
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.30%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.5.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.30% 0.02304
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02304
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.30% (0.02304) | 82.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.30% (0.02304) | 81.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.90% (0.00898) | 74.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00608) | 78.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 1.99% (0.01994) | 88.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 7, 2023 | 1.42% (0.01415) | 84.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 5, 2023 | 1.00% (0.01002) | 82.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00708) | 77.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 54.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 52.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 30.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177119.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://sourceforge.net/p/firebird/code/62783/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-5068 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/10/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/10/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177119.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://sourceforge.net/p/firebird/code/62783/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-5068 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/10/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/10/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Jan 13, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 10, 2016
Link CVE-2016-1569
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a