security flaw
Published May 3, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.04%
Description
PostgreSQL 7.3.x through 8.0.x gives public EXECUTE access to certain character conversion functions, which allows unprivileged users to call those functions with malicious values, with unknown impact, aka the "Character conversion vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
- 7.2.1
- 7.2.2
- 7.2.3
- 7.2.4
- 7.2.5
- 7.2.6
- 7.2.7
- 7.3
- 7.3.1
- 7.3.2
- 7.3.3
- 7.3.4
- 7.3.5
- 7.3.6
- 7.3.7
- 7.3.8
- 7.3.9
- 7.4
- 7.4.1
- 7.4.2
- 7.4.3
- 7.4.4
- 7.4.5
- 7.4.6
- 7.4.7
- 8.0
- 8.0.1
- 8.0.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
rh-postgresql-0:7.3.10-1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:433
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
postgresql-0:7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:433
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | rh-postgresql-0:7.3.10-1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:433 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | postgresql-0:7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:433 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.04% (0.02045) | 80.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.04% (0.02045) | 78.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.09% (0.01095) | 76.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00478) | 76.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 9, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00478) | 75.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00565) | 77.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00565) | 74.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2005-05/msg00001.php mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-433.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426302/30/6680/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13476 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0453 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1409 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617632 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1409
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10050 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A676 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1409
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.