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CVE-2015-0242

CVE information

Published

4 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.5/10
Exploit Score
8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
8.8/10
Exploit Score
2.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
5.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 9.0.19
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.1.0 9.1.15
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.2.0 9.2.10
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.3.0 9.3.6
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.4.0 9.4.1
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
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