CVE-2002-1400

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-01-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the repeat() function for PostgreSQL before 7.2.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing repeat() to generate a large string.

Affected products

PostgreSQL: 6.3.2, 6.5.3, 7.0.3, 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2 (+3)

References

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2002-08/msg00004.php
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102987306029821&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103021186622725&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103036987114437&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=postgresql-announce&m=103062536330644
http://secunia.com/advisories/8034
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:062
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_038_postgresql.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2002-08/msg00004.php
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524

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