CVE-2012-2175: ibm lotus_inotes

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2175 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in ibm lotus_inotes. EPSS estimates a 29.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 20-06-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the Attachment_Times method in a certain ActiveX control in dwa85W.dll in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5.x before 8.5.3 FP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument.

• 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.