What is CVE-2015-8708?

CVE-2015-8708 is a high-severity vulnerability in Claws-Mail, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2015-8708?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Claws-Mail

CVE-2015-8708

Stack-based buffer overflow in the conv_euctojis function in codeconv.c in Claws Mail 3.13.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted email, involving Japanese character set conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8614.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (72.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Claws-mail — versions 3.13.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8708?: CVE-2015-8708 is a high-severity vulnerability in Claws-Mail, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2015-8708?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.