High severity · published Feb 17, 2016
CVE-2016-0773
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…
7.5
CVSS
6.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.9% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
PostgreSQL · PostgreSQL
through 9.1.19; 9.2; 9.2.1; 9.2.2; 9.2.3; 9.2.4; +17 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0773
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0773
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177820.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177878.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html
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