CVE-2013-2492

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Firebird 2.1.3 through 2.1.5 before 18514, and 2.5.1 through 2.5.3 before 26623, on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 3050, related to a missing size check during extraction of a group number from CNCT information.

Published: 2013-03-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-2492 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.70%, 99th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.45% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-2492

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41709 exploit_db edb 2013-01-31 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2492

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 2026-01-13 85.26% 86.70% +1.45%
2 2025-05-05 85.66% 85.26% -0.40%
3 2025-03-30 — 85.66% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2492

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2492

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2492

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-2492: 1 GLSA(s) (201512-11), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/firebird); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-2492
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-2492 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (firebird2.1, firebird2.5), 30 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 13, ignored 9, not-affected 6, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2492

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2492

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
firebirdsql firebird 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
firebirdsql firebird 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
firebirdsql firebird 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
firebirdsql firebird 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
firebirdsql firebird 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
firebirdsql firebird 2.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2492

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