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CVE-2015-4054

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-4054 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PgBouncer versions prior to 1.5.5. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the PgBouncer service by sending a password packet before a startup packet, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability is rated as high severity (CVSS 7.5) due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on availability, requiring no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pgbouncer:pgbouncer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0413 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/74d6e5f7de5ec736f71204b7b422af7380c19ac5
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / pgbouncer/pgbouncer/commit/edab5be6665b9e8de66c25ba527509b229468573
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/42
ExploitThird Party Advisory
pgbouncer.github.io / changelog.html
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-24
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/05/22/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/74751
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry