CVE-2005-0245

critical

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 buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0247.

References

Advisories
More

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10175

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19188

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12417

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-0246

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683

http://secunia.com/advisories/12948

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.php

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00298.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-02-01

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: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.14473