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CVE-2015-5289

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5289 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in PostgreSQL versions prior to 9.3.10 and 9.4.5, specifically impacting json and jsonb value parsing. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service by crashing the server through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 6.4, it is considered medium severity, requiring low attack complexity but potentially leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 9.3.0, < 9.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.4.0, < 9.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0505 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.14-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: postgresql-0:9.2.14-1.el7_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.5-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.14-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.5-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.14-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.5-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.14-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.5-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.14-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.5-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: postgresql92-postgresql-0:9.2.14-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-postgresql94-postgresql-0:9.4.5-1.el7
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5Fixed in: postgresql92-postgresql

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5289Moderate

postgresql: stack overflow DoS when parsing json or jsonb inputs

Oct 8, 2015

References

git.postgresql.org / gitweb
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00033.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-33
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3374
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Third Party Advisory
postgresql.org / about/news/1615
Vendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-10.html
Vendor Advisory
postgresql.org / docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-5.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/77048
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1033775
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2772-1
Third Party Advisory