Critical severity · published Aug 12, 2020
CVE-2020-17446
asyncpg before 0.21.0 allows a malicious PostgreSQL server to trigger a crash or execute arbitrary code (on a database client) via a crafted server response, because of access to…
9.8
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
asyncpg before 0.21.0 allows a malicious PostgreSQL server to trigger a crash or execute arbitrary code (on a database client) via a crafted server response, because of access to an uninitialized pointer in the array data decoder.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Asyncpg · Magic
before 0.21.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17446
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-17446
Patch
https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/tag/v0.21.0
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00002.html
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