CVE-2008-1108

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in Evolution 2.22.1, when the ITip Formatter plugin is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long timezone string in an iCalendar attachment.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00179.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00178.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00157.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10471

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42824

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-1117

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1732/references

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-615-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020169

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29527

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0517.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0516.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0515.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0514.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:111

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-06.xml

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-22/advisory/

http://secunia.com/advisories/30716

http://secunia.com/advisories/30702

http://secunia.com/advisories/30571

http://secunia.com/advisories/30564

http://secunia.com/advisories/30536

http://secunia.com/advisories/30527

http://secunia.com/advisories/30298

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-06-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05694