{"id":"CVE-2015-0244","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-0244","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:06:04.010Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2020-01-27T16:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:19:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["postgresql/postgresql","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.04363,"percentile":0.91184,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3155","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1569/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-0-19.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-15.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-10.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-6.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0244","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}