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CVE-2002-0802

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The multibyte support in PostgreSQL 6.5.x with SQL_ASCII encoding consumes an extra character when processing a character that cannot be converted, which could remove an escape character from the query and make the application subject to SQL injection attacks.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL: 6.5.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=postgresql-general&m=102032794322362
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10328.php
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-149.html
• http://marc.info/?l=postgresql-general&m=102032794322362
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10328.php
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-149.html

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