{"id":"CVE-2013-2492","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-2492","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:40:05.018Z","title":"Stack-based buffer overflow in Firebird 2.1.3 through 2.1.5 before 18514, and 2.5.1 through 2.5.3 before 26623, on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 3050, related to a missing size check during…","description":"Stack-based buffer overflow in Firebird 2.1.3 through 2.1.5 before 18514, and 2.5.1 through 2.5.3 before 26623, on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to TCP port 3050, related to a missing size check during extraction of a group number from CNCT information.","published":"2013-03-15T22:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:53:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["firebirdsql/firebird"],"epss":{"score":0.42166,"percentile":0.98699,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2013-01-31","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":41709,"kind":"exploit","title":"Firebird - Relational Database CNCT Group Number Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41709","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/41709.rb","file":"exploits/windows/local/41709.rb","published":"2013-01-31","added":"2017-03-23","updated":"2017-03-23","author":"Metasploit","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2013-2492","OSVDB-91044"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/b08d1ad8d8d6c0f5cb63cc44e3ff75efb9edb7b3/modules/exploits/windows/misc/fb_cnct_group.rb"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00036.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00039.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-4058","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2647","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2648","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58393","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/zeroSteiner/85daef257831d904479c","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/fb_cnct_group.rb","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-11","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00036.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00039.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-4058","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2647","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2648","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58393","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/zeroSteiner/85daef257831d904479c","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/fb_cnct_group.rb","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-11","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2492","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}