CVE-2002-1401 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2002-1401?

CVE-2002-1401 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Postgresql Postgresql, published on 8 Jan 2003. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflows in (1) circle_poly, (2) path_encode and (3) path_add (also incorrectly identified as path_addr) for PostgreSQL 7.2.3 and earlier allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code, possibly as a result of an integer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1401?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1401?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2002-1401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xcqr-pm35-6p88.