CVE-2015-0242

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-27

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.

Do I need to act?

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3.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Debian Postgresql

References (14)

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
Release Notes http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html
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
Release Notes http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 9/34 · Low