CVE-2015-8614

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) conv_jistoeuc, (2) conv_euctojis, and (3) conv_sjistoeuc functions in codeconv.c in Claws Mail before 3.13.1 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted email, involving Japanese character set conversion.

Affected products

Claws-Mail: through 3.13.0
openSUSE Leap: 42.1
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2

References

http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d390fa07f5548f3173dd9cc13b233db5ce934c82
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00000.html
http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3452
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/22/2
http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3557
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-11
http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d390fa07f5548f3173dd9cc13b233db5ce934c82
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00000.html
http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3452

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