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CVE-2012-0271: novell groupwise Numeric Errors

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 19-09-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

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.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
17.54%
0%100%
Medium · +0.32 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 19-09-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last 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 version

EPSS 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

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
17.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (protekresearchlab.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoswindowsVerified

    Novell Groupwise 8.0.2 HP3 and 2012 - Integer Overflow

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected 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