CVE-2020-17446
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 12, 2020 at 03:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:58 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxAsyncpg
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
asyncpg before 0.21.0 allows a malicious PostgreSQL server to trigger a crash or execute arbitrary code (on a database client) via a crafted server response, because of access to an uninitialized pointer in the array data decoder.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg/releases/tag/v0.21.0Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00002.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-824
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