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CVE-2014-0066

postgresql: NULL pointer dereference

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 17, 2014

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

The chkpass extension in PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 does not properly check the return value of the crypt library function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference