CVE-2016-0773: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified

AliasesRHSA-2016:0346RHSA-2016:0347RHSA-2016:0348+4 more

Published 17-02-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0773 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 6.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk

31/100

0100

Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

7.5/10

010

High · v3.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

6.95%

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 10 · Related 7

DSA-3475-1 DSA-3476-1 MGASA-2016-0085 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1+4 more

Timeline

17-02-2016
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
05-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or buffer overflow and crash) via a large Unicode character range in a regular expression.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

v3.07.5v2.05.0

EPSS trend

Probability

6.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.95% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026

EPSS score

6.95%

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

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected systems

Redhat36 products

postgresql< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-contrib< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-debuginfo< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-devel< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-docs< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7

postgresql-libs< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-plperl< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-plpython< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-pltcl< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-server< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-test< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2 | < 0:8.4.20-5.el6_7
postgresql-upgrade< 0:9.2.15-1.el7_2
postgresql92-postgresql< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7 | < 0:9.2.15-2.el6
postgresql92-postgresql-contrib< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7 | < 0:9.2.15-2.el6
postgresql92-postgresql-debuginfo< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7 | < 0:9.2.15-2.el6
postgresql92-postgresql-devel< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7
postgresql92-postgresql-docs< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7
postgresql92-postgresql-libs< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7 | < 0:9.2.15-2.el6
postgresql92-postgresql-plperl< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7
postgresql92-postgresql-plpython< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7
postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7 | < 0:9.2.15-2.el6
postgresql92-postgresql-server< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7 | < 0:9.2.15-2.el6
postgresql92-postgresql-test< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7
postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade< 0:9.2.15-1.el6 | < 0:9.2.15-1.el7 | < 0:9.2.15-2.el6
rh-postgresql94-postgresql< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-contrib< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-debuginfo< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-devel< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-docs< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-libs< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-plperl< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-plpython< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-pltcl< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-server< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-test< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7
rh-postgresql94-postgresql-upgrade< 0:9.4.6-1.el6 | < 0:9.4.6-1.el7

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Debian2 products

postgresql-8.4< 8.4.22lts6-0+deb6u1
debian_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0

Ubuntu2 products

postgresql-9.1< 9.1.20-0ubuntu0.14.04
postgresql-9.3< 9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04

Canonical1 product

ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10

Postgresql1 product

postgresqlEOL≤ 9.1.19 | 9.2 | 9.2.1 | 9.2.2 | 9.2.3 | 9.2.4 | 9.2.5 | 9.2.6 | 9.2.7 | 9.2.8 | 9.2.9 | 9.2.10 | 9.2.11 | 9.2.12 | 9.2.13 | 9.2.14 | 9.4 | 9.4.1 | 9.4.2 | 9.4.3 | 9.4.4 | 9.4.5 | 9.5

5 vendors · 42 products