Vulnerability in PostgreSQL
CVE-2005-0245
Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0247.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.145 (96.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.145 · newest: 0.145 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- PostgreSQL — versions 8.0
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19188 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10175 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.php (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/12948 (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00298.php (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)