Stack-based buffer overflow in claws-mail - CVE-2015-8708
Published: April 12, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40397
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8708
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: www.claws-mail.org
Affected software:
claws-mail
claws-mail
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the conv_euctojis function in codeconv.c when processing a crafted email, involving Japanese character set conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8614. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8708
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.