CVE-2015-5259

high

Published 2016-01-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.6

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

91%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.9.3-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.9.3-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.9.3-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.9.3-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.9.3-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
apache	subversion	`1.9.0`
apache	subversion	`1.9.1`
apache	subversion	`1.9.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-119 CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.