Vulnerability in PostgreSQL
CVE-2010-0442
The bitsubstr function in backend/utils/adt/varbit.c in PostgreSQL 8.0.23, 8.1.11, and 8.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a negative integer in the third argument, as demonstrated by a SELECT statement that contains a call to the substring function for a bit string, related to an "overflow."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.133 (96.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.134 · newest: 0.133 · change: -0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2010-01/msg00125.php (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg00634.php (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory)
- git.postgresql.org/gitweb (Vendor Advisory)
- git.postgresql.org/gitweb (Vendor Advisory)
- intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/postgresql-8023-bitsubstr-overflow.html (Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39566 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39820 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39939 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-0442?
- CVE-2010-0442 is a vulnerability in PostgreSQL, classified under CWE-189. Published 2010-02-02.
- Is CVE-2010-0442 known to be exploited?
- 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.