Name: CVE-2015-5957: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-5957, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.02595

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade remind	Jul 30, 2024	Sep 28, 2015
Freebsd	—	Upgrade remind	Dec 10, 2025	Sep 18, 2015
Suse	—	Upgrade remindUpgrade remind-debugsourceUpgrade remind-debuginfo	Dec 18, 2015	Sep 19, 2015

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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