6.8

CVE-2007-6067: postgresql Numeric Errors

Modified
Published 09-01-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6067 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in postgresql. EPSS estimates a 3.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.85%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5
DSA-1460-1DSA-1463-1RHSA-2008:0038RHSA-2008:0040RHSA-2013:0122

Timeline

  1. 09-01-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the regular expression parser in TCL before 8.4.17, as used in PostgreSQL 8.2 before 8.2.6, 8.1 before 8.1.11, 8.0 before 8.0.15, and 7.4 before 7.4.19, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted "complex" regular expression with doubly-nested states.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.85%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.85% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceforge.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Postgresql1 product
  • postgresqlEOL7.3 | 7.3.1 | 7.3.2 | 7.3.3 | 7.3.4 | 7.3.6 | 7.3.8 | 7.3.9 | 7.3.10 | 7.3.11 | 7.3.12 | 7.3.13 | 7.3.14 | 7.3.15 | 7.3.16 | 7.3.19 | 7.4 | 7.4.1 | 7.4.2 | 7.4.3 | 7.4.4 | 7.4.5 | 7.4.6 | 7.4.7 | 7.4.8 | 7.4.9 | 7.4.10 | 7.4.11 | 7.4.12 | 7.4.13 | 7.4.14 | 7.4.16 | 7.4.17 | 8.0 | 8.0.1 | 8.0.2 | 8.0.3 | 8.0.4 | 8.0.5 | 8.0.7 | 8.0.8 | 8.0.9 | 8.0.11 | 8.0.13 | 8.0.317 | 8.1.1 | 8.1.3 | 8.1.4 | 8.1.5 | 8.1.7 | 8.1.8 | 8.1.9 | 8.2 | 8.2.2 | 8.2.3 | 8.2.4
Tcl_tk1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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