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CVE-2002-1401

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · Memory corruption
6.5CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

Buffer overflows in (1) circle_poly, (2) path_encode and (3) path_add (also incorrectly identified as path_addr) for PostgreSQL 7.2.3 and earlier allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code, possibly as a result of an integer overflow.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

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

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-165 ↗

Last checked: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:18:30 UTC