CVE-2004-2043

Exp

Buffer overflow in ibserver for Firebird Database 1.0 and other versions before 1.5, and possibly other products that use the InterBase codebase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long database name, as demonstrated using the gsec command.

Published: 2004-05-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2043 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 47.46%, 98th percentile). 4 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-2004-2043

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
303 exploit_db edb 2004-06-25 Exploit-DB ↗
24165 exploit_db edb 2004-06-01 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2043

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 2025-07-14 48.87% 47.46% -1.41%
2 2025-03-30 30.35% 48.87% +18.51%
3 2025-03-29 — 30.35% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2043

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2043

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-2043

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-2043 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (firebird1.5, firebird2, firebird2.0), 15 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): DNE 7, released 5, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-2043

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2043

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
borland_software interbase 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase_superserver 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase_superserver:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
firebirdsql firebird 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2043

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