{"id":"CVE-2002-1397","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-1397","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:04.258Z","title":"Vulnerability in the cash_words() function for PostgreSQL 7.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative argument, possibly triggering an integer signedness error or buffer…","description":"Vulnerability in the cash_words() function for PostgreSQL 7.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative argument, possibly triggering an integer signedness error or buffer overflow.","published":"2003-01-17T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:59:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["postgresql/postgresql"],"epss":{"score":0.02754,"percentile":0.86137,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/backend/utils/adt/cash.c.diff?r1=1.51&r2=1.52","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102977465204357&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/8034","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5497","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9891","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql-server/src/backend/utils/adt/cash.c.diff?r1=1.51&r2=1.52","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000524","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102977465204357&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/8034","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-001.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5497","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9891","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1397","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}