CVE-2017-18359
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 25, 2019 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxPostgis
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
PostGIS 2.x before 2.3.3, as used with PostgreSQL, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted ST_AsX3D function input, as demonstrated by an abnormal server termination for "SELECT ST_AsX3D('LINESTRING EMPTY');" because empty geometries are mishandled.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00030.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00020.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/changeset/15444x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/changeset/15445x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/3704CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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