HIGH
Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long argument in a mailto: URI
Published May 2, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 33.45%
Description
Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long argument in a mailto: URI.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
33.45% 0.33446
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.33446
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 | 33.45% (0.33446) | 98.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 33.45% (0.33446) | 98.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 18.08% (0.18082) | 95.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 19.26% (0.19258) | 95.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 2, 2025 | 14.96% (0.14956) | 94.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 19.05% (0.19048) | 94.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.18% (0.16176) | 91.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 19.05% (0.19048) | 94.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 11.61% (0.11608) | 95.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 10.99% (0.10986) | 94.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 10.57% (0.10569) | 94.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 24.36% (0.24360) | 96.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 24.36% (0.24360) | 95.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3847 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491376/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491576/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491594/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28969 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019942 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1393/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42052 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5515 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3847 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491376/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491576/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491594/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28969 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019942 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1393/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42052 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5515 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 2, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 2, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2069
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a