CVE-2014-0061

The validator functions for the procedural languages (PLs) in PostgreSQL before 8.4.20, 9.0.x before 9.0.16, 9.1.x before 9.1.12, 9.2.x before 9.2.7, and 9.3.x before 9.3.3 allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a function that is (1) defined in another language or (2) not allowed to be directly called by the user due to permissions.

Published: 2014-03-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0061 is rated Moderate Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.93%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-2014-0061

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 0.78% 4.93% +4.15%
2 2026-02-25 1.44% 0.78% -0.65%
3 2025-12-14 1.44%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0061

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0061

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0061

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-0061 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (postgresql-plsh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0061
gentoo normal CVE-2014-0061: 1 GLSA(s) (201408-15), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/postgresql-server); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-0061
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0061
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0061 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1, postgresql-9.3), 21 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic): DNE 11, released 10. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0061

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0061

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postgresql postgresql <= 8.4.19 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.10 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.12 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.13 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.14 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.15 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.16 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.17 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.18 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.3 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0061

URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00018.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00038.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0211.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0221.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0249.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0469.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61307
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6448
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/20140220securityrelease Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2864
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2865
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1506/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2120-1
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
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