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title: "CVE-2015-0242\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-0242

Publication date 27 January 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0242?format=md#impact-score)

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0242?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| postgresql-9.1 | 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| postgresql-9.4 | 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

windows replacements only

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0242)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0242)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-0242)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0242)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0242>