CVE-2026-28212 HIGH

CVE-2026-28212: Firebird has potential server crash via null pointer dereference when processing op_slice packet

Vendor Firebirdsql
Product firebird
Weakness CWE-476
Published April 17, 2026
Last update April 20, 2026

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Firebird is an open-source relational database management system. In versions prior to 6.0.0, 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14, when processing an op_slice network packet, the server passes an unprepared structure containing a null pointer to the SDL_info() function, resulting in a null pointer dereference and server crash. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this by sending a crafted packet to the server port. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.0.0, 5.0.4, 4.0.7 and 3.0.14.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2026 CVE published
April 20, 2026 Record updated