CVE-2008-1108

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Evolution 2.22.1, when the ITip Formatter plugin is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long timezone string in an iCalendar attachment.

Affected products

GNOME Evolution: 2.2.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30298
http://secunia.com/advisories/30527
http://secunia.com/advisories/30536
http://secunia.com/advisories/30564
http://secunia.com/advisories/30571
http://secunia.com/advisories/30702
http://secunia.com/advisories/30716
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-22/advisory/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-06.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:111
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0514.html

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