CVE-2010-0733
Integer overflow in src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c in PostgreSQL 8.4.1 and earlier, and 8.5 through 8.5alpha2, allows remote…
- 3.5LowCVSS base score
- 6.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Integer overflow in src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c in PostgreSQL 8.4.1 and earlier, and 8.5 through 8.5alpha2, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a SELECT statement with many LEFT JOIN clauses, related to certain hashtable size calculations.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- PostgreSQL 8.4.1 - JOIN Hashtable Size Integer Overflow Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33729dos, multiplepublished 13 Jun 2014Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.8% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- [pgsql-bugs] 20091028 BUG #5145: Complex query with lots of LEFT JOIN causes segfault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0427 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0428 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10691 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64b057e6823655fb6c5d1f24a28f236b94dd6c54 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39820 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 38619 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100316 Re: CVE Request: postgresql integer overflow in hash table size calculation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [pgsql-bugs] 20091030 Re: BUG #5145: Complex query with lots of LEFT JOIN causes segfault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pgsql-bugs] 20091029 Re: BUG #5145: Complex query with lots of LEFT JOIN causes segfault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100309 CVE Request: postgresql integer overflow in hash table size calculation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pgsql-bugs] 20091029 Re: BUG #5145: Complex query with lots of LEFT JOIN causes segfault (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546621 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1197 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0759 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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