VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-17446
asyncpg before 0.21.0 allows a malicious PostgreSQL server to trigger a crash or execute arbitrary code (on a database client) via a crafted server response, because of access to an uninitialized pointer in the array data decoder.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.42%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
asyncpg before 0.21.0 allows a malicious PostgreSQL server to trigger a crash or execute arbitrary code (on a database client) via a crafted server response, because of access to an uninitialized pointer in the array data decoder.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.42% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-824
- Affected
- magic/asyncpg · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/tag/v0.21.0Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/tag/v0.21.0Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.