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CVE-2015-5957

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
• Roaring Penguin Remind: through 3.1.14

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00025.html
• http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/07/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76099
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00025.html
• http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/07/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76099

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