CVE-2015-5957
Buffer overflow in the DumpSysVar function in var.c in Remind before 3.1.15 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a long name.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the DumpSysVar function in var.c in Remind before 3.1.15 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a long name.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-09-28 20:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-08-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 31aa1c29f5c0a8026a400fea2e119029cc3957e0c7e15e146019111812d1fbee
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150806 Re: CVE request - remind 3.1.14 and earlier - buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/07/1
- www.securityfocus.com76099http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76099
- lists.roaringpenguin.com[Remind-Fans] 20150727 Remind 3.1.15 is releasedhttp://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150728 CVE request - remind 3.1.14 and earlier - buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/2
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1579http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00025.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- remind Fixed in 03.01.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- remind Fixed in 03.01.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- remind Fixed in 03.01.15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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