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CVE-2005-1409

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1409 describes a vulnerability in PostgreSQL versions 7.3.x through 8.0.x where public EXECUTE access to character conversion functions allows unprivileged users to invoke them with malicious input, leading to an unknown impact. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this network-exploitable vulnerability requires low attack complexity and could result in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: rh-postgresql-0:7.3.10-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: postgresql-0:7.4.8-1.RHEL4.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1409Moderate

security flaw

May 2, 2005

References

archives.postgresql.org / pgsql-announce/2005-05/msg00001.php
Patch
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10050
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A676
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
postgresql.org / about/news.315
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-433.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/426302/30/6680/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/13476
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/0453