Is CVE-2015-5957 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-5957 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-5957?

CVE-2015-5957 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-5957?

CVE-2015-5957 has an EPSS score of 2.60% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5957?

Upgrade remind on debian 11 to 03.01.15-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-5957

HIGHEPSS 83th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

remindDebian

Fixed in:03.01.15-1CVE-2015-5957

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

lists.roaringpenguin.com

Exploit2

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.