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.
CVE-2015-0243
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 5.1%, top 8% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 91.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 27, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (14)
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155
- secalert@redhathttp://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/
- secalert@redhathttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2015-0243(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2015:0856Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql92-postgresql security update
- RHSA-2015:0750Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql security update
- RHSA-2015:0699Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: postgresql92-postgresql security update
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | postgresql-9.4 (9.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.10) @ utopic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.10-2.el6 | 2015-04-20 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql-0:9.2.10-2.ael7b_1 | 2015-03-30 | redhat |
| redhat | postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.10-1.el7 | 2015-03-18 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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