diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4ed36d63b4f8..07336444bfc1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed a duplicate warning when ATTR_STATEMENT_CLASS is rejected on a
     persistent connection. (Ilia Alshanetsky)
 
+- PDO_Firebird:
+  . Fixed bug GH-25006 (getColumnMeta() reads out of bounds for an
+    out-of-range column index). (Ilia Alshanetsky)
+
 - Phar:
   . Fixed bug GH-24740 (Oversized tar metadata exhausts the memory limit).
     (Lazizbek Ergashev)
diff --git a/ext/pdo_firebird/firebird_statement.c b/ext/pdo_firebird/firebird_statement.c
index b8802751bf9b..c166833c0006 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_firebird/firebird_statement.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_firebird/firebird_statement.c
@@ -342,9 +342,15 @@ static int pdo_firebird_stmt_describe(pdo_stmt_t *stmt, int colno) /* {{{ */
 static int pdo_firebird_stmt_get_column_meta(pdo_stmt_t *stmt, zend_long colno, zval *return_value)
 {
 	pdo_firebird_stmt *S = (pdo_firebird_stmt *) stmt->driver_data;
-	XSQLVAR *var = &S->out_sqlda.sqlvar[colno];
-
+	XSQLVAR *var;
 	enum pdo_param_type param_type;
+
+	if (colno >= stmt->column_count) {
+		ZVAL_EMPTY_ARRAY(return_value);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	var = &S->out_sqlda.sqlvar[colno];
 	if (var->sqlscale < 0) {
 		param_type = PDO_PARAM_STR;
 	} else {
diff --git a/ext/pdo_firebird/tests/gh25006.phpt b/ext/pdo_firebird/tests/gh25006.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0e9918322a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pdo_firebird/tests/gh25006.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-25006 (PDO_Firebird::getColumnMeta() reads out of bounds for an out-of-range column index)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+pdo_firebird
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+require 'skipif.inc';
+?>
+--XLEAK--
+A bug in firebird causes a memory leak when calling `isc_attach_database()`.
+See https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/issues/7849
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require 'testdb.inc';
+
+$dbh = getDbConnection();
+$dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+
+$stmt = $dbh->prepare('SELECT 1 AS one, 2 AS two FROM RDB$DATABASE');
+
+echo "before execute: ";
+try {
+    var_dump($stmt->getColumnMeta(2));
+} catch (Throwable $e) {
+    echo $e::class, ': ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+
+$stmt->execute();
+
+echo "column 0: ";
+$meta = $stmt->getColumnMeta(0);
+echo $meta['name'], ' ', $meta['pdo_type'], "\n";
+
+echo "column 1: ";
+$meta = $stmt->getColumnMeta(1);
+echo $meta['name'], ' ', $meta['pdo_type'], "\n";
+
+foreach ([2, 1000000] as $col) {
+    echo "column $col: ";
+    try {
+        var_dump($stmt->getColumnMeta($col));
+    } catch (Throwable $e) {
+        echo $e::class, ': ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+    }
+}
+
+echo "no output columns: ";
+$empty = $dbh->prepare('EXECUTE BLOCK AS BEGIN END');
+echo $empty->columnCount(), ' ';
+try {
+    var_dump($empty->getColumnMeta(0));
+} catch (Throwable $e) {
+    echo $e::class, ': ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+
+echo "negative: ";
+try {
+    var_dump($stmt->getColumnMeta(-1));
+} catch (Throwable $e) {
+    echo $e::class, ': ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+
+echo "done\n";
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+before execute: PDOException: SQLSTATE[07009]: Invalid descriptor index: invalid column index
+column 0: ONE 1
+column 1: TWO 1
+column 2: PDOException: SQLSTATE[07009]: Invalid descriptor index: invalid column index
+column 1000000: PDOException: SQLSTATE[07009]: Invalid descriptor index: invalid column index
+no output columns: 0 PDOException: SQLSTATE[07009]: Invalid descriptor index: invalid column index
+negative: ValueError: PDOStatement::getColumnMeta(): Argument #1 ($column) must be greater than or equal to 0
+done