CVE-2015-0241 Memory corruption in PostgreSQL

What is CVE-2015-0241?

CVE-2015-0241 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The to_char function 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 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) large number of digits when processing a numeric formatting template, which triggers a buffer over-read, or (2) crafted timestamp formatting template, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0241?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Postgresql Postgresql.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0241?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-0241 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-h47p-j4vf-9qhf, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0241.