CVE-2015-5957

Exp

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.

Published: 2015-09-28 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5957 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.60%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5957

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5957

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 0.52% 2.60% +2.08%
2 2025-03-30 1.16% 0.52% -0.64%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.16% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5957

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5957

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5957

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-5957 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (remind), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5957
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5957 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (remind), 12 status rows across 12 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 8, ignored 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5957

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5957

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
roaring_penguin remind <= 3.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:roaring_penguin:remind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5957

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