CVE-2015-0242
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,…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 5.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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 7.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
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
References7
- 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)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-0264 (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)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-0242)Record last updated .