CVE-2009-2620

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredWeaponized
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 9%CVSS v2: —Exploit: Exploit-DB (verified) · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

src/remote/server.cpp in fbserver.exe in Firebird SQL 1.5 before 1.5.6, 2.0 before 2.0.6, 2.1 before 2.1.3, and 2.5 before 2.5 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed op_connect_request message that triggers an infinite loop or NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
9%
EPSS %ILE
95%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 29, 2009

Last Modified

August 7, 2024

References (7)

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 2× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-27 14:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-25 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-19 16:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-15 01:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-09 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-08 16:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-06 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-03 10:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-30 16:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-30 01:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-27 12:57 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-27 12:57 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-9295✓ verified
    First seen Jul 28, 2009

    Firebird SQL - op_connect_request main listener shutdown

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2009-2620?
CVE-2009-2620 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on July 29, 2009. src/remote/server.cpp in fbserver.exe in Firebird SQL 1.5 before 1.5.6, 2.0 before 2.0.6, 2.1 before 2.1.3, and 2.5 before 2.5 Beta 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed opconnectrequest message that triggers an infinite loop or NULL pointer…
When was CVE-2009-2620 disclosed?
CVE-2009-2620 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 29, 2009, with the most recent update on August 7, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2009-2620 actively exploited?
CVE-2009-2620 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 5.3% of all scored CVEs.
How do I remediate CVE-2009-2620?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2009-2620, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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