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CVE-2016-5762

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• 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: 2017-04-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) username or (2) password, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Novell GroupWise: through 2012; 2014, 2014-r2, 2014-sp1, 2014-sp2

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138503/Micro-Focus-GroupWise-Cross-Site-Scripting-Overflows.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/123
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539296/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92642
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017975
• https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160825-0_Micro_Focus_GroupWise_Multiple_vulnerabilities_v10.txt
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138503/Micro-Focus-GroupWise-Cross-Site-Scripting-Overflows.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/123
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539296/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92642
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017975
• https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160825-0_Micro_Focus_GroupWise_Multiple_vulnerabilities_v10.txt

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