CVE-2002-0802 — HIGH severity vulnerability (The multibyte support in PostgreSQL 6.5.x with SQL_ASCII enc)
The multibyte support in PostgreSQL 6.5.x with SQL_ASCII encoding consumes an extra character when processing a character that cannot be converted, which could remove an escape character from the query and make the application subject to SQL injection attacks.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-0802 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.5 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-08-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The multibyte support in PostgreSQL 6.5.x with SQL_ASCII encoding consumes an extra character when processing a character that cannot be converted, which could remove an escape character from the query and make the application subject to SQL injection attacks. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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