Medium 6.5Published May 2, 2005

CVE-2005-0247Multiple buffer overflows in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large number of variables in a SQL statement being handled by the read_sql…

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Multiple buffer overflows in gram.y for PostgreSQL 8.0.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large number of variables in a SQL statement being handled by the read_sql_construct function, (2) a large number of INTO variables in a SELECT statement being handled by the make_select_stmt function, (3) a large number of arbitrary variables in a SELECT statement being handled by the make_select_stmt function, and (4) a large number of INTO variables in a FETCH statement being handled by the make_fetch_stmt function, a different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2005-0245.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

postgresql postgresql postgresql:postgresql	7.2; 7.2.1; 7.2.2; 7.2.3; 7.2.4; 7.2.5; 7.2.6; 7.2.7; and 20 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-02/msg00049.php	patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110806034116082&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-683
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-19.xml	patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_postgresql.html	patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html	patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html	patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12417
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