CVE-2013-0255
PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.3, 9.1.x before 9.1.8, 9.0.x before 9.0.12, 8.4.x before 8.4.16, and 8.3.x before 8.3.23 does not properly declare the enum_recv function in backend/utils/adt/enum.c, which causes it to be invoked with incorrect arguments and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) or read sensitive process memory via a crafted SQL command, which triggers an array index error and an out-of-bounds read.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.6% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-0286)
- Published
- February 13, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0286 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- postgresql / postgresql
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References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098586.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00060.html
- http://osvdb.org/89935
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1475.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51923(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52819
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1028092
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2630
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release-8-3-23.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-16.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-12.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-8.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-3.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57844
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1717-1
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2013_0255_array_index
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907892
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81917
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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