CVE-2008-1718 — Buffer overflow in mimesr.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView, as used in IBM Lotus Notes before 8.0, might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a crafted Text mail (MIME) attachment

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Buffer overflow in mimesr.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView, as used in IBM Lotus Notes before 8.0, might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a crafted Text mail (MIME) attachment

Published Apr 10, 2008

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.31%

Description

Buffer overflow in mimesr.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView, as used in IBM Lotus Notes before 8.0, might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail message with a crafted Text mail (MIME) attachment.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.31% 0.03313

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

EPSS probability 0.03313

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 (13 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.31% (0.03313)	88.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.31% (0.03313)	86.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	6.50% (0.06504)	90.19th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	8.28% (0.08280)	86.82th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	6.50% (0.06504)	89.93th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	7.74% (0.07741)	91.32th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	1.71% (0.01712)	87.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	2.96% (0.02961)	91.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 31, 2023	2.96% (0.02956)	89.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.39% (0.03393)	89.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.90% (0.03900)	85.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.90% (0.03900)	84.18th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.90% (0.03900)	67.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21298453
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41856
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=463&uid=swg21298453		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41856		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 10, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Apr 10, 2008

Link CVE-2008-1718

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-1718

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-1718