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CVE-2014-0066: postgresql Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 4.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-0066
Published 28-03-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0066 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in postgresql. EPSS estimates a 4.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.68%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 3
DSA-2864-1DSA-2865-1MGASA-2014-0205MGASA-2014-0222OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1

Timeline

  1. 28-03-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The chkpass extension in PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly check the return value of the crypt library function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.68% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu2 products
  • postgresql-9.1< 9.1.12-1
  • postgresql-9.3< 9.3.3-1
Postgresql1 product
  • postgresqlEOL≤ 8.4.19 | 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 | 8.4.12 | 8.4.13 | 8.4.14 | 8.4.15 | 8.4.16 | 8.4.17 | 8.4.18 | 9.0 | 9.0.1 | 9.0.2 | 9.0.3 | 9.0.4 | 9.0.5 | 9.0.6 | 9.0.7 | 9.0.8 | 9.0.9 | 9.0.10 | 9.0.11 | 9.0.12 | 9.0.13 | 9.0.14 | 9.0.15 | 9.1 | 9.1.1 | 9.1.2 | 9.1.3 | 9.1.4 | 9.1.5 | 9.1.6 | 9.1.7 | 9.1.8 | 9.1.9 | 9.1.10 | 9.1.11 | 9.2 | 9.2.1 | 9.2.2 | 9.2.3 | 9.2.4 | 9.2.5 | 9.2.6 | 9.3 | 9.3.1 | 9.3.2

2 vendors · 3 products

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