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CVE-2011-4189

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-4189 describes a critical vulnerability in Novell GroupWise client versions 8.0x through 8.02HP3, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. This is achieved by exploiting heap memory corruption when processing a specially crafted, long email address within an Address Book (.NAB) file. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for exploitation. Despite the availability of exploit code, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0:hp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0:hp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18546 · Mar 1, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1161 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 79720
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48199
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73588
novell.com / support/viewContent.do
Vendor Advisory
protekresearchlab.com / index.php
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/52233
securitytracker.com / id