CVE-2012-0271: novell groupwise Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-0271 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in novell groupwise. EPSS estimates a 17.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 19-09-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in the WebConsole component in gwia.exe in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before 8.0.3 HP1 and 2012 before SP1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by a request with -1 in the Content-Length HTTP header.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
17.54%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.32 pp
From 17.22% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (protekresearchlab.com)
Maturity: unknown
Novell Groupwise 8.0.2 HP3 and 2012 - Integer Overflow
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Novell1 product
- groupwise8.0 | 8.0.1 | 8.01:hp | 8.02 | 8.02:hp1 | 8.02:hp2 | 8.02:hp3 | 8.03 | 2012 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.57e | 6.0 | 6.0.1:sp1 | 6.5 | 6.5:sp1 | 6.5:sp2 | 6.5:sp3 | 6.5:sp4 | 6.5:sp5 | 6.5:sp6 | 6.5.2 | 6.5.3 | 6.5.4 | 6.5.6 | 6.5.7 | 7.0 | 7.0.3:hp4 | 7.0.3:hp5 | 7.0.4 | 7.0.4:ftf | 7.0.1 | 7.01:ir1 | 7.0.2 | 7.02:hp1 | 7.02:hp1a | 7.02:hp2 | 7.02:hp2r1 | 7.0.3 | 7.03:hp | 7.03:hp2 | 7.03:hp3 | 7.03:hp3\+ftf
1 vendor · 1 product
References
4 links- www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=61X Refsource MISCExploit
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746199X Refsource CONFIRM