FKIE_CVE-2015-8708

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-11 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the conv_euctojis function in codeconv.c in Claws Mail 3.13.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted email, involving Japanese character set conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-8614.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/1
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-11Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-11Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
claws-mail claws-mail 3.13.1
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