CVE-2005-0245 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 14.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 14.47% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-02-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| postgresql | postgresql |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PostgreSQL 7.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2005-02-01 |
References
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00298.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.php
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12948
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12417
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19188
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10175
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00298.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.php
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12948
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040
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