VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-5288

CVSS score6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-10-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Description

The crypt function in contrib/pgcrypto in PostgreSQL before 9.0.23, 9.1.x before 9.1.19, 9.2.x before 9.2.14, 9.3.x before 9.3.10, and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) or read arbitrary server memory via a "too-short" salt.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Primary references