CVE-2008-0072
Format string vulnerability in the emf_multipart_encrypted function in mail/em-format.c in Evolution 2.12.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encrypted
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in the emf_multipart_encrypted function in mail/em-format.c in Evolution 2.12.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encrypted
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-03-06 00:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- flexera
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f48e7a49be758346e192587ab976ada1e48ab163d6604cd2819ff1d2c7cdb575
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com29258http://secunia.com/advisories/29258
- secunia.com29163http://secunia.com/advisories/29163
- www.debian.orgDSA-1512http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1512
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0178http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0178.html
- secunia.com29057http://secunia.com/advisories/29057
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#512491http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512491
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-583-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-583-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00003.html
- www.securityfocus.com20080528 rPSA-2008-0105-1 evolutionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492684/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10701https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10701
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-8/advisory/
- secunia.com30491http://secunia.com/advisories/30491
- secunia.com29210http://secunia.com/advisories/29210
- secunia.com30437http://secunia.com/advisories/30437
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2290https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00190.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0768http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0768/references
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-12http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-12.xml
- secunia.com29317http://secunia.com/advisories/29317
- secunia.com29264http://secunia.com/advisories/29264
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:063http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:063
- secunia.com29244http://secunia.com/advisories/29244
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0177http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0177.html
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2310
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comevolution-emfmultipart-format-string(41011)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41011
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2292https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00195.html
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0105
- www.securityfocus.com28102http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28102
- www.securitytracker.com1019540http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019540
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- evolution Fixed in 2.12.3-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- evolution Fixed in 2.12.3-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- evolution Fixed in 2.12.3-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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