CVE-2006-5541

backend/parser/parse_coerce.c in PostgreSQL 7.4.1 through 7.4.14, 8.0.x before 8.0.9, and 8.1.x before 8.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a coercion of an unknown element to ANYARRAY.

Published: 2006-10-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5541 is rated Moderate Risk (44.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5541

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.69% 2.09% +0.40%
2 2025-11-19 1.76% 1.69% -0.07%
3 2025-06-14 — 1.76% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5541

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5541

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5541

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5541: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5541
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5541
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-5541 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (postgresql-8.1), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5541

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5541

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postgresql postgresql >= 7.4, < 7.4.14 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5541

URL Tags
http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pgsql/changeset/26457 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22562 URL Repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/22584 URL Repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/22606 URL Repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/22636 URL Repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/23048 URL Repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/23132 URL Repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/24577 URL Repurposed
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017115 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry URL Repurposed
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-117.htm Third Party Advisory
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/59650c03a8bc5ae310cd7898bd106ad2.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:194 Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.664 Broken Link Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0067.html URL Repurposed
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0068.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20717 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0059/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-369-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4182 URL Repurposed
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10905 Broken Link
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