HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2777

Groupwise vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
10.4%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the IMAP server component in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 7.x before 7.0 post-SP4 FTF and 8.x before 8.0 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long mailbox name in a CREATE command.
Affected vendor
Novell
Affected product
Groupwise
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2011-01-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-2777

  • Confirm whether Novell Groupwise is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2777.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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