CVE-2015-0242

HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Out-of-bounds write

8.8CVSS HIGH

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredLow

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)3%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

PostgreSQL

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

NVD record
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.htmlAdvisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.htmlAdvisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.htmlAdvisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.htmlAdvisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.htmlAdvisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155Advisory