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CVE-2002-1397
Vulnerability in the cash_words() function for PostgreSQL 7.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly…
High7.5EPSS 2.8%
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- mitre
Description
Vulnerability in the cash_words() function for PostgreSQL 7.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative argument, possibly triggering an integer signedness error or buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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References (7)
- CLA-2002:524 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 20020819 @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8034 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 5497 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- postgresql-cashwords-bo(9891) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/backend/utils/adt/cash.c.diff?r1=1.51&r2=1.52 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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