CVE-2003-0281

Exp

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: 2003-06-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0281 is rated Exploit Available (54.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.01%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0281

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29 exploit_db edb 2003-05-12 Exploit-DB ↗
21566 exploit_db edb 2002-06-18 Exploit-DB ↗
21565 exploit_db edb 2002-06-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0281

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.12% 1.01% +0.89%
2 2025-03-30 0.16% 0.12% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0281

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0281

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0281

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2003-0281: 1 GLSA(s) (200405-18), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/firebird); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2003-0281

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0281

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
firebirdsql firebird 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0281

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