Is CVE-2006-5541 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-5541 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-5541?

CVE-2006-5541 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2006-5541

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD

backend/parser/parse_coerce.c in PostgreSQL 7.4.1 through 7.4.14, 8.0.x before 8.0.9, and 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a coercion of an unknown element to ANYARRAY.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 3.2% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-5526)
Published: October 26, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5526 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

postgresql / postgresql

References

http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pgsql/changeset/26457(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22562(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22584(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22606(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22636(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23048(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23132(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24577(URL Repurposed)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017115(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-117.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/59650c03a8bc5ae310cd7898bd106ad2.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:194(Broken Link)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html(Broken Link)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.664(Broken Link, Patch)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0067.html(URL Repurposed)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0068.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20717(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0059/(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-2(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4182(URL Repurposed)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10905(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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