CVE-2015-5259

Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 57.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Integer overflow in the read_string function in libsvn_ra_svn/marshal.c in Apache Subversion 1.9.x before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an svn:// protocol string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion: 1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.2

References

http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-5259-advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82300
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034469
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2015-5259-advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82300
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034469
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05

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