Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the IMAP server component in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise before 8.02HP all…

published 2011-01-31 15y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-4682

cvss: 6.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 9.9%; EPSS 9.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the IMAP server component in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise before 8.02HP allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) LIST or (2) LSUB command.

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Timeline

2010-11-09 First public exploit (EDB-15464)
2011-01-31 Published

Exploit prediction

9.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-15464 Novell Groupwise Internet Agent - IMAP 'LIST LSUB' Remote Code Execution dos, 2010-11-09
protekresearchlab.com http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=19 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-4717
NVD CVE-2010-4717

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