VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 2.60%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.60% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · roaring penguin/remind
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00025.html
- http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.htmlPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/2Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/07/1Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76099
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00025.html
- http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.htmlPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/2Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/07/1Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76099
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.