CVE-2015-0242
Published: 27 January 2020
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | windows replacements only |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
postgresql-9.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [Windows only])
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
|
postgresql-9.4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
|
|
| vivid |
Not vulnerable
(Windows only)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |