CVE-2012-0439

critical
Published 2013-02-24 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

An ActiveX control in gwcls1.dll in the client in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before 8.0.3 HP2 and 2012 before SP1 HP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a pointer argument to the SetEngine method or (2) an XPItem pointer argument to an unspecified method.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7011688

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
suse novellgroupwise8.0
suse novellgroupwise8.00
suse novellgroupwise8.01
suse novellgroupwise8.02
suse novellgroupwise8.03
suse novellgroupwise2012

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.