CVE-2015-2788

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ib_fill_isqlda function in dbdimp.c in DBD-Firebird before 1.19 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors that trigger an error condition, related to binding octets to columns.

Published: 2015-04-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2788 is rated High Risk (75.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.80%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2788

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 2025-05-07 4.48% 7.80% +3.32%
2 2025-03-30 5.27% 4.48% -0.79%
3 2025-03-29 5.27%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2788

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2788

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-2788

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-2788 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libdbd-firebird-perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2788
ubuntu low CVE-2015-2788 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libdbd-firebird-perl), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 11, DNE 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2788

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2788

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian dbd-firebird <= 1.18 cpe:2.3:a:debian:dbd-firebird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2788

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