CVE-2007-4222: ibm lotus_notes

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-4222 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in ibm lotus_notes. EPSS estimates a 4.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 29-10-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the TagAttributeListCopy function in nnotes.dll in IBM Lotus Notes before 7.0.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML email, related to duplicate RTF conversion when the recipient operates on this email.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.