Vulnerability in Postgresql

CVE-2009-0922

PostgreSQL before 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) by triggering a failure in the conversion of a localized error message to a client-specified encoding, as demonstrated using mismatched encoding conversion requests.

EPSS: 0.102 (95.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Postgresql — versions 7.4.24, 8.0.20, 8.1.16
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-0922?
CVE-2009-0922 is a vulnerability in Postgresql, classified under CWE-399. Published 2009-03-17.
Is CVE-2009-0922 known to be exploited?
12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.