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CVE-2005-1409
PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to certain character conversion functions, which allows unprivileged users to call those functions with malicious values, with unknown impact, aka the "Character conversion vulnerability."
Published: May 3, 2005
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CVSS Metrics
Affected Products (28)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.2.1 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.2.2 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.2.3 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.2.4 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.2.5 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.2.6 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.2.7 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3.1 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3.2 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3.3 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3.4 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3.5 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3.6 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3.7 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3.8 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.3.9 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.4 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.4.1 |
| postgresql | postgresql | 7.4.2 |
…and 8 more
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-4c8j-pqvg-527j
PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to certain character conversion...
References (18)
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2005-05/msg00001.php Patch
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315 Patch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-433.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426302/30/6680/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13476
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0453
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10050
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A676
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2005-05/msg00001.php Patch
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315 Patch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-433.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426302/30/6680/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13476
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
7.5 / 10
EPSS Score
2.05%
Top 20% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
30.6 / 100
Data Sources
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EPSS
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