Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
Firebird XDR Message Parsing NULL Pointer Dereference Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
CVE-2025-54989
Description
Firebird is a relational database. Prior to versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3, there is an XDR message parsing NULL pointer dereference denial-of-service vulnerability in Firebird. This specific flaw exists within the parsing of xdr message from client. It leads to NULL pointer dereference and DoS. This issue has been patched in versions 3.0.13, 4.0.6, and 5.0.3.
Affected products
1- Range: < 3.0.13
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/commit/169da595f8693fc1a65a79c741724b1bc8db9f25mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues/8554mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-7qp6-hqxj-pjjpmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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