Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-0901

Title: PostgreSQL to_ascii buffer overflow RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2003-0901.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Nov 03, 2003

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.64%

CVE-2003-0901: Buffer overflow in to_ascii for PostgreSQL 7.2.x, and 7.3.x before 7.3.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/backend/utils/adt/ascii.c http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000784 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000772 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-397 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-313.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-314.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8741 http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/backend/utils/adt/ascii.c http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000784 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000772 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-397 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-313.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-314.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8741

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

Total: Patterns

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.

November 03, 2003 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

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

No specific products linked.