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    CVE-2005-0245

    Buffer overflow in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.0 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of arguments to a refcursor function (gram.y), which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0247.

    Published:Jan 20, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Feb 8, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.23114
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Postgresql
    Product
    Postgresql
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.phphttp://secunia.com/advisories/12948http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.phphttp://secunia.com/advisories/12948http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25076

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-14671 (CVSS 8.8) — Type confusion in PostgreSQL module "refint" allows an object creator to execute arbitrary code as the operati…
    CVE-2026-6471 (CVSS 7.2) — Missing authorization in PostgreSQL logical decoding allows a non-superuser holding REPLICATION privilege to d…
    CVE-2026-6470 (CVSS 4.3) — Missing authorization in PostgreSQL DDL commands allows an object creator to achieve denial of service against…
    CVE-2026-6469 (CVSS 3.8) — Incorrect ownership assignment in PostgreSQL ALTER TABLE ALTER TYPE command reassigns ownership of dependent s…
    CVE-2026-6464 (CVSS 8.1) — Untrusted data inclusion in PostgreSQL psql COPY may allow a server administrator to elicit execution of data …
    CVE-2026-19385 (CVSS 8.8) — Heap buffer overflow in PostgreSQL pg_dump of long function transform lists allows an object creator to execut…
    CVE-2026-18408 (CVSS 8.8) — Untrusted data inclusion in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a malicious superuser of the origin server to inject …
    CVE-2026-18024 (CVSS 4.3) — Buffer over-read in PostgreSQL ascii() SQL function allows a user to disclose up to 3 bytes after the end of a…
    CVE-2026-16241 (CVSS 3.8) — Integer underflow in PostgreSQL ECPG allows a database server administrator to achieve temporary denial of ser…
    CVE-2026-16239 (CVSS 8.8) — Type confusion in PostgreSQL "portal"/cursor lifecycle allows a user to execute arbitrary code as the operatin…

    References

    http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00298.php
    http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php
    http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.php
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/12948
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12417
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19188
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10175
    http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-01/msg00298.php
    http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php
    http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2005-01/msg00216.php
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/12948
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12417
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19188
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10175

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High