The bitsubstr function in backend/utils/adt/varbit.c in PostgreSQL 8.0.23, 8.1.11, and 8.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a negative integer in the third argument, as demonstrated by a SELECT statement that contains a call to the substring function for a bit string, related to an "overflow."
CVE-2010-0442 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from postgresql organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2010-02-02T18:30:00.360
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 6.5 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.0
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | postgresql | postgresql | < 7.4.28 | Yes |
| Application | postgresql | postgresql | < 8.0.24 | Yes |
| Application | postgresql | postgresql | < 8.1.20 | Yes |
| Application | postgresql | postgresql | < 8.2.16 | Yes |
| Application | postgresql | postgresql | < 8.3.10 | Yes |
| Application | postgresql | postgresql | < 8.4.3 | Yes |
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