Buffer overflow in Roaring Penguin Remind
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (84.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Roaring Penguin Remind
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/07/1 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76099 (vdb-entry)
- lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/2 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00025.html (vendor-advisory)