SQL Injection in PostgreSQL
CVE-2015-0244
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 does not properly handle errors while reading a protocol message, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via crafted binary data in a parameter and causing an error, which triggers the loss of synchronization and part of the protocol message to be treated as a new message, as demonstrated by causing a timeout or query cancellation.
Vulnerability class: SQL Injection
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (90.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- PostgreSQL
- PostgreSQL Global Development Group — versions 9.3.x before 9.3.6, before 9.0.19, 9.2.x before 9.2.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-0244?
- CVE-2015-0244 is a critical-severity vulnerability in PostgreSQL, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-27.
- How severe is CVE-2015-0244?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-0244 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.