CVE-2015-5957

critical
Published 2015-09-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5957

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed03.01.15-1
debian debianbullseyefixed03.01.15-1
debian debianforkyfixed03.01.15-1
debian debiansidfixed03.01.15-1
debian debiantrixiefixed03.01.15-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
roaring_penguinremind{"endIncluding":"3.1.14"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.