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

Published 2016-04-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Claws-Mail — versions 3.13.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-11 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/1 (mailing-list)

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.