CVE-2025-4207 (GCVE-0-2025-4207)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-05-08 14:22
Modified
2025-05-09 18:03
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Summary
Buffer over-read in PostgreSQL GB18030 encoding validation allows a database input provider to achieve temporary denial of service on platforms where a 1-byte over-read can elicit process termination. This affects the database server and also libpq. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18, and 13.21 are affected.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a PostgreSQL Version: 17   < 17.5
Version: 16   < 16.9
Version: 15   < 15.13
Version: 14   < 14.18
Version: 0   < 13.21
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