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CVE-2015-0243
Multiple buffer overflows in contrib/pgcrypto 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,…
High8.8EPSS 5.1%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in contrib/pgcrypto 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 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Buffer Overflow
- CWE-120 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
PostgreSQL Global Development Group · PostgreSQL
- affected before 9.0.19
- affected 9.1.x before 9.1.15
- affected 9.2.x before 9.2.10
- affected 9.3.x before 9.3.6
- affected 9.4.x before 9.4.1
References (7)
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .