CVE-2015-3166
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.8)—
The snprintf implementation in PostgreSQL before 9.0.20, 9.1.x before 9.1.16, 9.2.x before 9.2.11, 9.3.x before 9.3.7, and 9.4.x before 9.4.2 does not properly handle system-call errors, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or have other unspecified impact via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by an out-of-memory error.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 4.61%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 91
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-2.html
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