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CVE-2013-0255

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0255 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PostgreSQL versions 9.2.x, 9.1.x, 9.0.x, 8.4.x, and 8.3.x prior to their respective patched releases. It stems from an improperly declared enum_recv function, leading to incorrect argument invocation and an out-of-bounds read. This allows remote authenticated users to trigger a server crash or read sensitive process memory via a crafted SQL command. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a high severity with network access, low complexity, and a complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0359 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postgresql84-0:8.4.18-1.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: postgresql-0:8.4.18-1.el6_4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-0255Moderate

postgresql: array indexing error in enum_recv()

Feb 7, 2013

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098586.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00059.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00060.html
osvdb.org / 89935
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1475.html
blogs.oracle.com / sunsecurity/entry/cve_2013_0255_array_index
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/51923
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/52819
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/81917
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2630
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
postgresql.org / docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-23.html
postgresql.org / docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-16.html
postgresql.org / docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-12.html
postgresql.org / docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-8.html
postgresql.org / docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-3.html
securityfocus.com / bid/57844
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1717-1