CVE-2017-7484
It was found that some selectivity estimation functions in PostgreSQL before 9.2.21, 9.3.x before 9.3.17, 9.4.x before 9.4.12, 9.5.x…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
It was found that some selectivity estimation functions in PostgreSQL before 9.2.21, 9.3.x before 9.3.17, 9.4.x before 9.4.12, 9.5.x before 9.5.7, and 9.6.x before 9.6.3 did not check user privileges before providing information from pg_statistic, possibly leaking information. An unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to steal some information from tables they are otherwise not allowed to access.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group · PostgreSQL
- affected 9.2 - 9.6
References (10)
- 1038476 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-3851 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2425 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1678 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1983 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1746/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1838 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 98459 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201710-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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)
- 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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