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High severity · published Jan 27, 2020
CVE-2015-0242
Stack-based buffer overflow in the *printf function implementations in PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before…
8.8
CVSS
5.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the *printf function implementations in PostgreSQL before 9.0.19, 9.1.x before 9.1.15, 9.2.x before 9.2.10, 9.3.x before 9.3.6, and 9.4.x before 9.4.1, when running on a Windows system, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a floating point number with a large precision, as demonstrated by using the to_char function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.1% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
PostgreSQL · PostgreSQL
before 9.0.19; 9.1.0 before 9.1.15; 9.2.0 before 9.2.10; 9.3.0 before 9.3.6; 9.4.0 before 9.4.1 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
PO
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0242
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0242
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155
Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/
Release Notes
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html
Release Notes
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html
Release Notes
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html
Release Notes
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html
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