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CVE-2012-2655: postgresql Resource Management Errors

Modified
Published 18-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2655 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in postgresql. EPSS estimates a 2.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.93%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
DSA-2491-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1RHSA-2012:1037

Timeline

  1. 18-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

PostgreSQL 8.3.x before 8.3.19, 8.4.x before 8.4.12, 9.0.x before 9.0.8, and 9.1.x before 9.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) by adding the (1) SECURITY DEFINER or (2) SET attributes to a procedural language's call handler.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.93%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.93% 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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

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

Postgresql1 product
  • postgresqlEOL8.3 | 8.3.1 | 8.3.2 | 8.3.3 | 8.3.4 | 8.3.5 | 8.3.6 | 8.3.7 | 8.3.8 | 8.3.9 | 8.3.10 | 8.3.11 | 8.3.12 | 8.3.13 | 8.3.14 | 8.3.15 | 8.3.16 | 8.3.17 | 8.3.18 | 8.4 | 8.4.1 | 8.4.2 | 8.4.3 | 8.4.4 | 8.4.5 | 8.4.6 | 8.4.7 | 8.4.8 | 8.4.9 | 8.4.10 | 8.4.11 | 9.0 | 9.0.1 | 9.0.2 | 9.0.3 | 9.0.4 | 9.0.5 | 9.0.6 | 9.0.7 | 9.1 | 9.1.1 | 9.1.2 | 9.1.3

1 vendor · 1 product

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