CVE-2008-1109 in Evolution

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in Evolution 2.22.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DESCRIPTION property in an iCalendar attachment, which is not properly handled during a reply in the calendar view (aka the Calendars window).

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• Reservation: 02/29/2008
• Disclosure: 06/04/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 10.0
• EPSS: 0.04236
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1109
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1109
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-1109/