The xdr_status_vector function in Firebird before 2.1.7 and 2.5.x before 2.5.3 SU1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, segmentation fault, and crash) via an op_response action with a non-empty status.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9323 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.48%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-03-14 | 1.73% | 1.48% | -0.25% |
| 2 | 2025-04-08 | 1.55% | 1.73% | +0.18% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 1.55% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2014-9323 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (firebird2.0, firebird2.1, firebird2.5), 39 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 26, ignored 6, not-affected 4, released 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9323 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| firebirdsql | firebird | < 2.1.7 | cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| firebirdsql | firebird | >= 2.5, <= 2.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | evergreen | 11.4 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:evergreen:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0523.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00012.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-4630 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3109 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/news/security-updates-for-v2-1-and-v2-5-series-66011/ | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:172 | Broken Link |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3929-1/ | Third Party Advisory |