Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-3065

Title: Postgresql Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-3065.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Apr 11, 2016

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.1 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-3065: The (1) brin_page_type and (2) brin_metapage_info functions in the pageinspect extension in PostgreSQL before 9.5.x before 9.5.2 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and consequently obtain sensitive server memory information or cause a denial of service (server crash) via a crafted bytea value in a BRIN index page.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bf78a6f107949fdfb513d1b45e30cefe04e09e4f http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035468 http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=bf78a6f107949fdfb513d1b45e30cefe04e09e4f http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035468

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-3065 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 11, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.