CVE-2008-1108
Buffer overflow in Evolution 2.22.1, when the ITip Formatter plugin is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long timezone string in an iCalendar attachment.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in Evolution 2.22.1, when the ITip Formatter plugin is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long timezone string in an iCalendar attachment.
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
- 5.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.8% 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
- 2008-06-04 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-29
- Assigning CNA
- flexera
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3d40b8b7b8125cdad4da356f0e945383c66e6334236aaadd925e18a722e46b2a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-5018https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00179.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1732http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1732/references
- secunia.com30298http://secunia.com/advisories/30298
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-5016https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00178.html
- secunia.com30564http://secunia.com/advisories/30564
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:028http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00003.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0516http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0516.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0515http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0515.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200806-06http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-06.xml
- secunia.com30571http://secunia.com/advisories/30571
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10471https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10471
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-4990https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00157.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0514http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0514.html
- secunia.com30716http://secunia.com/advisories/30716
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-22/advisory/
- secunia.com30536http://secunia.com/advisories/30536
- secunia.com30527http://secunia.com/advisories/30527
- www.securityfocus.com29527http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29527
- www.securitytracker.com1020169http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020169
- secunia.com30702http://secunia.com/advisories/30702
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:111http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:111
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0517http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0517.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-615-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-615-1
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comevolution-icalendar-bo(42824)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42824
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- evolution Fixed in 2.22.2-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- evolution Fixed in 2.22.2-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- evolution Fixed in 2.22.2-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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