Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-0255

Title: Postgresql Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-0255.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Feb 13, 2013
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.59%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-0255: PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.3, 9.1.x before 9.1.8, 9.0.x before 9.0.12, 8.4.x before 8.4.16, and 8.3.x before 8.3.23 does not properly declare the enum_recv function in backend/utils/adt/enum.c, which causes it to be invoked with incorrect arguments and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) or read sensitive process memory via a crafted SQL command, which triggers an array index error and an out-of-bounds read.

Impacted Vendors

P
postgresql 1
A
anynines 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098586.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00059.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00060.html http://osvdb.org/89935 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1475.html http://secunia.com/advisories/51923 http://secunia.com/advisories/52819 http://securitytracker.com/id?1028092 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2630 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-23.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-16.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-12.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-8.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-3.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57844 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1717-1 https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2013_0255_array_index https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907892 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81917 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098586.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00059.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00060.html http://osvdb.org/89935 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1475.html http://secunia.com/advisories/51923 http://secunia.com/advisories/52819 http://securitytracker.com/id?1028092 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2630 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-23.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-16.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-12.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-8.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-3.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57844 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1717-1 https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2013_0255_array_index https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907892 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81917
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-0255 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.