Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-0773

Title: Postgresql Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-0773.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Feb 17, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
6.95%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-0773: PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or buffer overflow and crash) via a large Unicode character range in a regular expression.

Impacted Vendors

P
postgresql 1
A
anynines 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177820.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177878.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1060.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83184 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035005 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2894-1 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10152 https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177820.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177878.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00049.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00056.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1060.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3476 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1644/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-20.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-15.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-11.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-6.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-1.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83184 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035005 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2894-1 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10152 https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0773 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-0773 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 NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.