7.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-1108

Published: 04/06/2008 Updated: 29/09/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 4.9
VMScore: 676
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in Evolution 2.22.1, when the ITip Formatter plugin is disabled, allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code via a long timezone string in an iCalendar attachment.

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Debian Bug report logs - #484639 Two buffer overflows in evolution Package: evolution; Maintainer for evolution is Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Source for evolution is src:evolution (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Steffen Joeris <steffenjoeris@skolelinuxde> Date: Thu, ...
Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research discovered that Evolution did not properly validate timezone data when processing iCalendar attachments If a user disabled the ITip Formatter plugin and viewed a crafted iCalendar attachment, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with user privileges Note that the ITip Formatter plug ...