{"id":"CVE-2015-5259","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5259","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:47:48.258Z","title":"Integer overflow in the read_string function in libsvn_ra_svn/marshal.c in Apache Subversion 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an svn:// protocol string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow and an…","description":"Integer overflow in the read_string function in libsvn_ra_svn/marshal.c in Apache Subversion 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an svn:// protocol string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read.","published":"2016-01-08T19:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:28:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.6,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-189"],"affected":["apache/subversion"],"epss":{"score":0.57037,"percentile":0.99072,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.19351,"percentile":0.97285},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.57037,"percentile":0.99024}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 57.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.57037,"from":0.19351,"percentile":0.99024},"summary":"EPSS moved from 19.4% to 57.0% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.19351,"from":0.57037,"percentile":0.97285},"summary":"EPSS moved from 57.0% to 19.4% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-5259-advisory.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82300","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034469","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-5259-advisory.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82300","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034469","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5259","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}