CVE-2026-28224 PUBLISHED

Firebird Null Pointer Dereference via CryptCallback causes DOS

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 25.02.2026 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 the server receives an op_crypt_key_callback packet without prior authentication, the port_server_crypt_callback handler is not initialized, resulting in a null pointer dereference and server 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-476: NULL Pointer Dereference CWE