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CVE-2016-0773 json

PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 allows remote attackers to c…

published 2016-02-17 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-0789

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.9%
EPSS 6.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

PostgreSQL before 9.1.20, 9.2.x before 9.2.15, 9.3.x before 9.3.11, 9.4.x before 9.4.6, and 9.5.x before 9.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or buffer overflow and crash) via a large Unicode character range in a regular expression.

Patch / fix

  • postgresql-9.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 9.1.20-0ubuntu0.14.04
  • postgresql-9.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0773

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • postgresql92-postgresql network satellite managed db 5.7, network satellite 5.7 9.2.15-2.el6
  • postgresql92-postgresql-libs network satellite managed db 5.7, network satellite 5.7 9.2.15-2.el6
  • postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl network satellite managed db 5.7, network satellite 5.7 9.2.15-2.el6
  • postgresql92-postgresql-server network satellite managed db 5.7, network satellite 5.7 9.2.15-2.el6
  • postgresql92-postgresql-contrib network satellite managed db 5.7, network satellite 5.7 9.2.15-2.el6
  • postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade network satellite managed db 5.7, network satellite 5.7 9.2.15-2.el6
  • postgresql92-postgresql RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.2.15-1.el6
  • postgresql92-postgresql RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 9.2.15-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1060RHSA-2016:0349RHSA-2016:0348RHSA-2016:0347RHSA-2016:0346

  • postgresql94 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLED 11 SP4 9.4.6-0.14.3
  • postgresql94-libs SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLED 11 SP4 +1 more 9.4.6-0.14.3
  • postgresql94 SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +3 more 9.4.6-7.2
  • postgresql94-libs SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +5 more 9.4.6-7.1
  • postgresql93 SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 9.3.11-14.2
  • postgresql93-libs SLE Software Development Kit 12 9.3.11-14.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0677-1SUSE-SU-2016:0555-1SUSE-SU-2016:0539-1

  • postgresql94 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.4.10-1.1
  • postgresql93 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.3.15-1.1
  • postgresql95 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.5.4-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10030-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10256-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10273-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-0773 updated cvss 6.8

postgresql: case insensitive range handling integer overflow leading to buffer overflow

  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 postgresql, postgresql92-postgresql
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 postgresql, postgresql84
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 5 postgresql Red Hat Software Collections rh-postgresql95-postgresql, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-libs, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-test, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-pltcl, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-plperl, rh-postgresql95-postgresql-server, +2 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-server 9.2.15-1.el7_2, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-server 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-contrib 9.2.15-1.el7_2, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0346
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-libs 8.4.20-5.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-test 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-pltcl 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-plperl 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-server 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-contrib 8.4.20-5.el6_7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-libs 8.4.20-5.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) postgresql-test 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-pltcl 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-plperl 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-server 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-contrib 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-plpython 8.4.20-5.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-libs 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-test 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-pltcl 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-plperl 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-server 8.4.20-5.el6_7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0347
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-server 9.2.15-1.el7_2, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) postgresql-upgrade 9.2.15-1.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0346
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) postgresql 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-libs 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-test 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-pltcl 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-plperl 8.4.20-5.el6_7, postgresql-server 8.4.20-5.el6_7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0347
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) postgresql 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el7_2, postgresql-server 9.2.15-1.el7_2, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) postgresql-upgrade 9.2.15-1.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0346
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  • Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-server 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-contrib 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade 9.2.15-2.el6 Red Hat Satellite Managed DB 5.7 (RHEL v.6) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-server 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-contrib 9.2.15-2.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-upgrade 9.2.15-2.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1060
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-1.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.6-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el6, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-1.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.6-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el7, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-1.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.6-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el6, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-1.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.6-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el6, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-1.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.6-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el7, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-1.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.6-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el7, +12 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-1.el6, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.6-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el6, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el6, +12 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) postgresql92-postgresql 9.2.15-1.el7, rh-postgresql94-postgresql 9.4.6-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-libs 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-test 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-pltcl 9.2.15-1.el7, postgresql92-postgresql-plperl 9.2.15-1.el7, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0349
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tcl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pl, tcl, pl-jpl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 tcl
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

6.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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References

Sources

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