CVE-2010-4015

Buffer overflow in the gettoken function in contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c in the intarray array module in PostgreSQL 9.0.x before 9.0.3, 8.4.x before 8.4.7, 8.3.x before 8.3.14, and 8.2.x before 8.2.20 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via integers with a large number of digits to unspecified functions.

Published: 2011-02-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4015 is rated Moderate Risk (58.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.62%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4015

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.05% 4.62% +0.57%
2 2026-02-01 3.22% 4.05% +0.83%
3 2025-12-14 3.22%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4015

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4015

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-4015

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2010-4015: 1 GLSA(s) (201110-22), 3 atom(s) (dev-db/postgresql, dev-db/postgresql-base, dev-db/postgresql-server); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-4015
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4015
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-4015 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4), 21 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): DNE 11, released 5, needs-triage 3, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4015

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4015

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postgresql postgresql 8.3 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.3.13 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 9.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.17 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql 8.2.19 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:8.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4015

URL Tags
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=7ccb6dc2d3e266a551827bb99179708580f72431
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053817.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053888.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2
http://osvdb.org/70740
http://secunia.com/advisories/43144 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43154
http://secunia.com/advisories/43155
http://secunia.com/advisories/43187
http://secunia.com/advisories/43188
http://secunia.com/advisories/43240
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2157
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:021
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1289
http://www.postgresql.org/support/security
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0197.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0198.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46084
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1058-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0262 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0278
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0283
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0287
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0299
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0303
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0349
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65060
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