CVE-2008-2069
Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long argument…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 33.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Groupwise 7.0 - 'mailto: scheme' Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5515dos, windowspublished 28 Apr 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5515 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.4% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 20080504 Re: Re: GroupWise 7.0 mailto: scheme buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20080502 Re: GroupWise 7.0 mailto: scheme buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080428 GroupWise 7.0 mailto: scheme buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28969 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1019942 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- novell-groupwise-mailto-bo(42052) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1393 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 5515 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2066 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-2069)Record last updated .