CVE-2002-1397

high

Description

Vulnerability in the cash_words() function for PostgreSQL 7.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative argument, possibly triggering an integer signedness error or buffer overflow.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9891

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5497

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/8034

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102977465204357&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524

http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/backend/utils/adt/cash.c.diff?r1=1.51&r2=1.52

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-01-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00664