CVE-2015-0242 Memory corruption in PostgreSQL
Remote authenticated users can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in PostgreSQL on Windows via large floating point precision, causing crashes or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-0242?
CVE-2015-0242 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0242?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Postgresql Postgresql.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0242?
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-2015-0242 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0242 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-484w-vg65-78pg.