CVE-2016-5423
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.060 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash), obtain sensitive memory information, or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a CASE expression within the test value subexpression of another CASE or (2) inlining of an SQL function that implements the equality operator used for a CASE expression involving values of different types.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.3
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affected products (48)
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references (42)
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1364001cnnvd
- https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/cnnvd
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.htmlcnnvd
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