CVE-2014-0066 [Medium] | Input Validation Bypass in Postgresql

CVE-2014-0066 is rated Moderate Risk (50.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.68%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	1.47%	4.68%	+3.21%
2	2026-04-05	1.40%	1.47%	+0.07%
3	2025-12-14	—	1.40%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

1.47%

4.68%

+3.21%

2026-04-05

1.40%

1.47%

+0.07%

2025-12-14

—

1.40%

—

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]

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]

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0066

vendor	priority	summary	link
`gentoo`	normal	CVE-2014-0066: 1 GLSA(s) (201408-15), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/postgresql-server); latest impact normal.	https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-0066
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0066
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2014-0066 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-2014-0066

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0066

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-2014-0066

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://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

URL

CVE-2014-0066

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0066

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0066

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0066

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0066

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0066

References for CVE-2014-0066