Name: CVE-2020-17446: Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-17446, CWE-824, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.02141

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade asyncpg	Sep 4, 2020	Aug 12, 2020
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 12, 2020

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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