CVE-2026-27890 PUBLISHED

Firebird has Pre-Auth DOS when Processing Out of Order CNCT_specific_data Segments

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 24.02.2026 Published: 17.04.2026 Updated: 17.04.2026

Firebird is an open-source relational database management system. In versions prior to 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14, when processing CNCT_specific_data segments during authentication, the server assumes segments arrive in strictly ascending order. If segments arrive out of order, the Array class's grow() method computes a negative size value, causing a SIGSEGV crash. An unauthenticated attacker who knows only the server's IP and port can exploit this to crash the server. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.2

Product Status

Vendor FirebirdSQL
Product firebird
Versions
  • Version >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.14 is affected
  • Version >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.7 is affected
  • Version >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer CWE
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write CWE