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CVE-2015-5288

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 4.53%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-10-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.4. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2015-5288
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.4
EPSS
4.53%

Original NVD 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.