CVE-2015-8708

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Published 2016-04-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.3

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.3

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

82%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.13.1-1.1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.13.1-1.1`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.13.1-1.1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.13.1-1.1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.13.1-1.1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
claws-mail	claws-mail	`3.13.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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