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title: "CVE-2008-0387\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-0387

Publication date 29 January 2008

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Integer overflow in Firebird SQL 1.0.3 and earlier, 1.5.x before 1.5.6,
2.0.x before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0 RC1 might allow remote attackers
to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) op\_receive, (2) op\_start, (3)
op\_start\_and\_receive, (4) op\_send, (5) op\_start\_and\_send, and (6)
op\_start\_send\_and\_receive XDR requests, which triggers memory corruption.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firebird2 | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| firebird2.0 | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.0.3.12981.ds1-4 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.0.3.12981.ds1-4 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.0.3.12981.ds1-4 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.0.3.12981.ds1-4 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0387)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0387)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-0387)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0387)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0387>