CVE-2015-0242 Information
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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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction Required
LOW
Scope
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
HIGH
Base Severity
8.8