Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-0242

RCE

Title: Postgresql RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-0242.

CWE Category CWE-787
Published Date Jan 27, 2020
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.14%

Vulnerability Summary

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 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.

Impacted Vendors

P
postgresql 1
A
anynines 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-0242 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.