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CVE-2015-5291

Published: Nov 2, 2015Updated: Jun 5, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.6%
Top 11.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in PolarSSL 1.x before 1.2.17 and ARM mbed TLS (formerly PolarSSL) 1.3.x before 1.3.14 and 2.x before 2.1.2 allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long hostname to the server name indication (SNI) extension, which is not properly handled when creating a ClientHello message. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected version ranges. See CVE-2015-8036 for the session ticket issue that was introduced in 1.3.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
polarsslpolarssl
Library
Security Products / pki-crypto
mbed tlstrustedfirmware
On-premSecurity Product
Security Products / pki-crypto
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
polarssloss-projectSecurity Productsaka polarssl
trustedfirmwarecommercialSecurity Productsaka mbed tls, op-tee, trusted firmware-a
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3468
debian.org
https://guidovranken.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/cve-2015-5291.pdf
guidovranken.files.wordpress.com
https://guidovranken.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/cve-2015-5291/
guidovranken.wordpress.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 2, 2015
Last Updated
Jun 5, 2026

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