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CVE-2002-1401

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1401 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the circle_poly, path_encode, and path_add functions of PostgreSQL versions 7.2.3 and earlier. These flaws allow authenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code, possibly due to an integer overflow. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1401Moderate

security flaw

Aug 28, 2002

References

archives.postgresql.org / pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02047.php
Vendor Advisory
archives.postgresql.org / pgsql-hackers/2002-08/msg02081.php
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
secunia.com / advisories/8034
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-165
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html