CVE-2015-0242

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-0242
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-01-27T16:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-01-31T20:30:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.0.19
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.1.0 9.1.15
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.2.0 9.2.10
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.3.0 9.3.6
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.4.0 9.4.1
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 Third Party Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0242
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0242
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:51:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 10:11:52 2020-01-27T16:15Z 2020-01-27T16:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 10:11:52 2020-01-31T20:30:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 10:11:52 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated