CVE-2008-2069

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 33.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long argument in a mailto: URI.

Affected products

Novell GroupWise: 7.0, 7.0-sp1, 7.0-sp2, 7.0-sp3

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3847
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491376/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491576/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491594/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28969
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019942
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1393/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42052
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5515
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3847
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491376/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491576/100/0/threaded

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