CVE-2002-1400: PostgreSQL

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the repeat() function for PostgreSQL before 7.2.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing repeat() to generate a large string.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: version 6.3.2 only; version 6.5.3 only; version 7.0.3 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.1.1 only; version 7.1.2 only; …

Published 2003-01-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.