01 Record
CVE-2005-0245
Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a heap-based
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a heap-based
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-02-08 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-02-08
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7ecd3cb1c47b24f763f41fb2f619942619de9978c7ba54e434c31c2e747d3f54
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compostgresql-cursor-bo(19188)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19188
- archives.postgresql.org[pgsql-committers] 20050207 pgsql: Prevent 4 more buffer overruns in the PL/PgSQL parser.http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:040http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040
- marc.info20050210 [USN-79-1] PostgreSQL vulnerabilitieshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10175https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10175
- archives.postgresql.org[pgsql-patches] 20050120 Re: WIP: pl/pgsql cleanuphttp://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.php
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:138http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html
- secunia.com12948http://secunia.com/advisories/12948
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:150http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html
- archives.postgresql.org[pgsql-committers] 20050121 pgsql: Prevent overrunning a heap-allocated buffer is more than 1024http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00298.php
- www.securityfocus.com12417http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12417
- www.debian.orgDSA-683http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2005:036http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html