Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-5424

PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) " (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.

  • Published: Dec 9, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-5424
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.6
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.8 9.3.8.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.1 9.2.1.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.1 9.5.1.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.5 9.4.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3 9.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.13 9.2.13.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.9 9.2.9.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.12 9.2.12.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.11 9.3.11.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.5 9.3.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.2 9.3.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.15 9.2.15.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.6 9.2.6.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.11 9.2.11.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.3 9.2.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.2 9.4.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.8 9.4.8.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.7 9.3.7.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.4 9.4.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.6 9.3.6.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2 9.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.3 9.4.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.4 9.2.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.10 9.2.10.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.10 9.3.10.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.3 9.5.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.3 9.3.3.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.1 9.4.1.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.13 9.3.13.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.6 9.4.6.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.7 9.2.7.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4 9.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.4.7 9.4.7.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.16 9.2.16.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5.2 9.5.2.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.1 9.3.1.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.8 9.2.8.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.9 9.3.9.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.17 9.2.17.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.4 9.3.4.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.3.12 9.3.12.x
postgresql / postgresql - 9.1.22.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.5 9.2.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.5 9.5.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.14 9.2.14.x
postgresql / postgresql 9.2.2 9.2.2.x