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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-0922 · published 17 March 2009

CVE-2009-0922: Postgresql vulnerability

Postgresql · Postgresql

PostgreSQL before 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) by triggering a failure in the conversion of a localized error message to a client-specified encoding, as demonstrated using mismatched encoding conversion requests.

4.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 10% · top 4.5% CWE-399 · CWE-399
4.0CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
48References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

PostgreSQL before 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21, and 7.4.25 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) by triggering a failure in the conversion of a localized error message to a client-specified encoding, as demonstrated using mismatched encoding conversion requests.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.php Exploit
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.php Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/34453 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35100 Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258808-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020455.1-1
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0086
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:079
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503598/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090 ExploitPatch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021860
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0767 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1316 PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488156
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10874
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6252
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00810.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00843.html
http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00176.php Exploit
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00172.php Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517405
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/34453 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35100 Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-258808-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020455.1-1
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0086
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:079
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/4
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1065 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1067.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503598/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34090 ExploitPatch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-0922), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.