CVE-2008-2703
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Novell GroupWise Messenger (GWIM) Client before 2.0.3 HP1 for Windows allow remote attackers to…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 61.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Novell GroupWise Messenger (GWIM) Client before 2.0.3 HP1 for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "spoofed server responses" that contain a long string after the NM_A_SZ_TRANSACTION_ID field name.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Novell GroupWise Messenger Client Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/novell/groupwisemessenger_clientRank normaldisclosed 2 Jul 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Novell Groupwise Messenger Client - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16814remote, windowspublished 22 Jun 2010Verified
- Novell Groupwise Messenger 2.0 Client - Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31889dos, novellpublished 2 Jul 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 61.1% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 29602 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30576 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- groupwise-messenger-client-bo(42917) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5026700.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080704 Novell GroupWise Messenger Client (GWIM) Remote Stack Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1764 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2008-2697 (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-2008-2703)Record last updated .