CVE-2016-5423
high-risk
Published 2016-12-09
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.
Do I need to act?
~
3.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.3/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (32)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001
and 12 more references
61
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
29/34 · Critical
Exploitability
7/34 · Low
Exposure
25/34 · High