{"cve":"CVE-2015-5288","nvd":{"published":"2015-10-26T14:59:01.560","modified":"2026-06-17T00:28:49.347","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00033.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00040.html"],"products":["postgresql:postgresql"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5288","score":0.04532,"percentile":0.91557,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}