CVE-2010-0442

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 02 Feb 2010, 18:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 00:52

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
38/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
9.97% LOW
10% probability -6.22%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Feb 2010, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 00:52
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The bitsubstr function in backend/utils/adt/varbit.c in PostgreSQL 8.0.23, 8.1.11, and 8.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a negative integer in the third argument, as demonstrated by a SELECT statement that contains a call to the substring function for a bit string, related to an "overflow."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 9.97%• Percentile: 93%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • postgresql•postgresql

    ≥ 7.4, < 7.4.28 | ≥ 8.0, < 8.0.24 | ≥ 8.1, < 8.1.20 | ≥ 8.2, < 8.2.16 | ≥ 8.3, < 8.3.10 | ≥ 8.4, < 8.4.3

References (26)