CVE-2005-2346 — Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 6.5 Client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GWVW02xx.INI language file with a long entry, as demonstrated using a long ES02TKS.VEW value in the Group Task section

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HIGH

Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 6.5 Client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GWVW02xx.INI language file with a long entry, as demonstrated using a long ES02TKS.VEW value in the Group Task section

Published Aug 3, 2005

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.71%

Description

Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 6.5 Client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GWVW02xx.INI language file with a long entry, as demonstrated using a long ES02TKS.VEW value in the Group Task section.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.71% 0.02705

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02705

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.71% (0.02705)	85.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.71% (0.02705)	83.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
May 1, 2025	2.05% (0.02053)	82.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.28% (0.03275)	86.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.38% (0.02385)	90.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	2.38% (0.02385)	89.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.62% (0.03619)	90.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	8.75% (0.08754)	93.95th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	8.75% (0.08754)	93.41th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	8.75% (0.08754)	82.84th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112247652532002&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098314.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112247652532002&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098314.htm		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 3, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jul 21, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2346

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2346

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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