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CVE-2015-5259 in the critical feed json

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…

published 2016-01-08 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-5246

cvss
8.6
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
57.0%
EPSS 57.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • subversion Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5259

  • subversion openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.9.5-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10538-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5259 updated cvss 7.5

subversion: integer overflow in the svn:// protocol parser

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 subversion Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 subversion, mod_dav_svn, subversion-kde, subversion-perl, subversion-ruby, subversion-gnome, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 subversion, mod_dav_svn, subversion-kde, subversion-libs, subversion-perl, subversion-ruby, +4 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

57.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-189 Numeric Errors

References

Sources

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