Vulnerability in GNOME Evolution
CVE-2008-0072
Format string vulnerability in the emf_multipart_encrypted function in mail/em-format.c in Evolution 2.12.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encrypted message, as demonstrated using the Version field.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.060 (93.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.060 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/29258 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29163 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1512 (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0178.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29057 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512491 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-583-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492684/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10701 (signature, vdb-entry)