What is CVE-2015-5147?

CVE-2015-5147 is a vulnerability in Redcarpet Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-07-14.

Is CVE-2015-5147 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Redcarpet Project

CVE-2015-5147

Stack-based buffer overflow in the header_anchor function in the HTML renderer in Redcarpet before 3.3.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2015-07-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Redcarpet Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

github.com/vmg/redcarpet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/29/3 (mailing-list)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/30/10 (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/75508 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5147?: CVE-2015-5147 is a vulnerability in Redcarpet Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-07-14.
Is CVE-2015-5147 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.