CVE-2012-1618
Interaction error in the PostgreSQL JDBC driver before 8.2, when used with a PostgreSQL server with the "standard_conforming_strings" option enabled, such as the default configuration of PostgreSQL 9.1, does not properly escape unspecified JDBC statement parameters, which allows remote attackers to perform SQL injection attacks. NOTE: as of 20120330, it was claimed that the upstream developer planned to dispute this issue, but an official dispute has not been posted as of 20121005.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-4105)
- Published
- October 6, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-4105 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- postgresql / postgresql
- postgresql / postgresql jdbc driver
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0126.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security/2012-03/msg00024.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/31/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/02/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/04/9
- http://www.osvdb.org/80641
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754273
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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