MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2011-3827

Groupwise vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The iCalendar component in gwwww1.dll in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before Support Pack 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and daemon crash) via a crafted date-time string in a .ics attachment.
Affected vendor
Novell
Affected product
Groupwise
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2012-09-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-3827

  • Confirm whether Novell Groupwise is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-3827.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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