CVE-2007-0555

PostgreSQL 7.3 before 7.3.13, 7.4 before 7.4.16, 8.0 before 8.0.11, 8.1 before 8.1.7, and 8.2 before 8.2.2 allows attackers to disable certain checks for the data types of SQL function arguments, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly access database content.

Published: 2007-02-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2007-0555 is rated High Risk (68.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.69%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.79% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize 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-2007-0555

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 1.91% 4.69% +2.79%
2 2026-03-02 1.84% 1.91% +0.07%
3 2026-02-01 — 1.84% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0555

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.0 9.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0555

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0555

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-0555: 1 GLSA(s) (200703-15), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/postgresql); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0555
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0555
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0555 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.2), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 4, DNE 2, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0555

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0555

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postgresql postgresql >= 7.3, < 7.3.18 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql >= 7.4, < 7.4.16 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql >= 8.0, < 8.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql >= 8.1, < 8.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql >= 8.2, < 8.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0555

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc Third Party Advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2554 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-February/000141.html Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/33087 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24028 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24033 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24042 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24050 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24057 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24094 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24158 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24315 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24513 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24577 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25220 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-15.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017597 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102825-1 Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-117.htm Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1261 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:037 Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_sr.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0064.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0067.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0068.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459280/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459448/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22387 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-417-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0478 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0774 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32195 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1025 Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-830 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9739 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/417-1/ Third Party Advisory
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