Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1400

Title: PostgreSQL repeat() heap-based buffer overflow RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-1400.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jan 17, 2003

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.94%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1400: 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.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

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 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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1400 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 17, 2003 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.