CVE-2008-2703

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 61.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Novell GroupWise Messenger (GWIM) Client before 2.0.3 HP1 for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "spoofed server responses" that contain a long string after the NM_A_SZ_TRANSACTION_ID field name.

Affected products

Novell Groupwise Messenger: 2.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30576
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5026700.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493964/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29602
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020209
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1764/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42917
http://secunia.com/advisories/30576
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5026700.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493964/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29602
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020209

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