Servers and applications
CVE-2006-2314
PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.4, 8.0.x before 8.0.8, 7.4.x before 7.4.13, 7.3.x before 7.3.15, and earlier versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass SQL injection protection methods in applications that use multibyte encodings that allow the "\" (backslash) byte 0x5c to be the trailing byte of a multibyte character, such as SJIS, BIG5, GBK, GB18030, and UHC, which cannot be handled…
- Severity
- High 7.5
- Published
- 24 May 2006
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 16 Oct 2026
- Exploit chance
- 2.9% in the next 30 daysHigher than 86% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Attack
- Over the network · No login needed
- Attacker can
- Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Sources
- NVD
Description
PostgreSQL 8.1.x before 8.1.4, 8.0.x before 8.0.8, 7.4.x before 7.4.13, 7.3.x before 7.3.15, and earlier versions allows context-dependent attackers to bypass SQL injection protection methods in applications that use multibyte encodings that allow the "\" (backslash) byte 0x5c to be the trailing byte of a multibyte character, such as SJIS, BIG5, GBK, GB18030, and UHC, which cannot be handled correctly by a client that does not understand multibyte encodings, aka a second variant of "Encoding-Based SQL Injection." NOTE: it could be argued that this is a class of issue related to interaction errors between the client and PostgreSQL, but a CVE has been assigned since PostgreSQL is treating this as a preventative measure against this class of problem.
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
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PostgreSQLServers and applications · cpe:a:postgresql:postgresql |
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