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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.