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CVE-2002-1398
Buffer overflow in the date parser for PostgreSQL before 7.2.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.54%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the date parser for PostgreSQL before 7.2.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long date string, aka a vulnerability "in handling long datetime input."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 55% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- http://marc.info/?l=postgresql-announce&m=103062536330644 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 8034 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20020821 Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x0003: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020819 Re: @(#) Mordred Labs advisory 0x0001: Buffer overflow in PostgreSQL (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2002:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20020826 GLSA: PostgreSQL (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020824 Fwd: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 7.2.2: Security Release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2002-08/msg00004.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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