CVE-2005-0245: postgresql
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-0245 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in postgresql. EPSS estimates a 14.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 08-02-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
14.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 14.47% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
4 foundExploit Reference (archives.postgresql.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (secunia.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (debian.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Postgresql1 product
- postgresqlEOL≥ 7.3, < 7.3.10 | ≥ 7.4, < 7.4.7 | 8.0
1 vendor · 1 product
References
13 links- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.phpMailing ListX Refsource MLISTVendor Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRAKEBroken Link
- marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2Mailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10175VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVALThird Party Advisory
- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.phpMailing ListX Refsource MLISTExploitVendor Advisory
- archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00298.phpMailing ListX Refsource MLISTVendor Advisory
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- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEBroken Link