# CVE-2025-54989: Firebird XDR Message Parsing NULL Pointer Dereference Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.0.13, 4.0.6, 5.0.3
- Published: 2025-08-15 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- FirebirdSQL firebird: fixed in 3.0.13; fixed in 4.0.6; fixed in 5.0.3

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FirebirdSQL firebird, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.13, 4.0.6, 5.0.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/security/advisories/GHSA-7qp6-hqxj-pjjp
- https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues/8554
- https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/commit/169da595f8693fc1a65a79c741724b1bc8db9f25

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