CVE-2002-1397

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-01-17 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

PostgreSQL: 6.3.2, 6.5.3, 7.0.3, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2 (+2)

References

http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/backend/utils/adt/cash.c.diff?r1=1.51&r2=1.52
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102977465204357&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/8034
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9891
http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/backend/utils/adt/cash.c.diff?r1=1.51&r2=1.52
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102977465204357&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/8034
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html

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