{"id":"CVE-2016-5762","aliases":["EUVD-2016-6697","GHSA-8g79-27jh-fr2j"],"status":"published","title":"Integer overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot...","description":"Integer overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) username or (2) password, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.05726,"percentile":0.93095,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-190"],"published":"2017-04-20T17:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:50:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"novell","product":"groupwise"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92642","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017975","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138503/Micro-Focus-GroupWise-Cross-Site-Scripting-Overflows.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539296/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Aug/123","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_FULLDISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20160825-0_Micro_Focus_GroupWise_Multiple_vulnerabilities_v10.txt","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5762"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8g79-27jh-fr2j"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5762","description":"Integer overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) username or (2) password, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.","status":"published","published":"2017-04-20T17:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T01:15:10.756Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:30.767029Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2016-6697","description":"Integer overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) username or (2) password, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.","status":"published","published":"2017-04-20T17:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T01:15:10Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:22:41.580609Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-8g79-27jh-fr2j","title":"Integer overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot...","description":"Integer overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) username or (2) password, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-14T00:59:57Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:02:51Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-190"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:31.346473Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5762","description":"Integer overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) username or (2) password, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.","status":"published","published":"2017-04-20T17:59:00.507Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:50:00.14Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-190"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:37.619685Z"}]}}