CVE-2016-5423
Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.3)—
PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash), obtain sensitive memory information, or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a CASE expression within the test value subexpression of another CASE or (2) inlining of an SQL function that implements the equality operator used for a CASE expression involving values of different types.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 5.96%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 93
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-476
Referencias
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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