CVE-2017-15098

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Invalid json_populate_recordset or jsonb_populate_recordset function calls in PostgreSQL 10.x before 10.1, 9.6.x before 9.6.6, 9.5.x before 9.5.10, 9.4.x before 9.4.15, and 9.3.x before 9.3.20 can crash the server or disclose a few bytes of server memory.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
PostgreSQL: 9.3, 9.3.1, 9.3.2, 9.3.3, 9.3.4, 9.3.5 (+46)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101781
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039752
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2511
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4027
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4028
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1801/
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101781
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039752
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2511
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2566

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