Unscored severity · published Feb 2, 2010
CVE-2010-0442
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…
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CVSS
13.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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."
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)13.3% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
PostgreSQL · PostgreSQL
7.4 before 7.4.28; 8.0 before 8.0.24; 8.1 before 8.1.20; 8.2 before 8.2.16; 8.3 before 8.3.10; 8.4 before 8.4.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0442
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0442
Vendor Advisory
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2010-01/msg00125.php
Vendor Advisory
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg00634.php
Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567058
Vendor Advisory
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=75dea10196c31d98d98c0bafeeb576ae99c09b12
Vendor Advisory
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b15087cb39ca9e4bde3c8920fcee3741045d2b83
Third Party Advisory
http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/postgresql-8023-bitsubstr-overflow.html
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