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CVE-2015-5291

Vendordebian, fedoraproject, opensuse, polarssl, trustedfirmwareProductdebian linux, fedora, leap, opensuse, polarssl, mbed tlsDiscoveredNov 2, 2015UpdatedJun 5, 2026

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.

CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
3.66%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Nov 2, 2015
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Jun 5, 2026