Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1109

Title: Gnome Evolution RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-1109.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Jun 04, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

5.75%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1109: Heap-based buffer overflow in Evolution 2.22.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DESCRIPTION property in an iCalendar attachment, which is not properly handled during a reply in the calendar view (aka the Calendars window).

Impacted Vendors

ximian 1

gnome 1

evolution 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00003.html http://secunia.com/advisories/30298 http://secunia.com/advisories/30527 http://secunia.com/advisories/30564 http://secunia.com/advisories/30571 http://secunia.com/advisories/30702 http://secunia.com/advisories/30716 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-23/advisory/ http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-06.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:111 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0514.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0515.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29527 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020170 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-615-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1732/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42826 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10337 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00157.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00178.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00179.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00003.html http://secunia.com/advisories/30298 http://secunia.com/advisories/30527 http://secunia.com/advisories/30564 http://secunia.com/advisories/30571 http://secunia.com/advisories/30702 http://secunia.com/advisories/30716 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-23/advisory/ http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-06.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:111 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0514.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0515.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29527 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020170 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-615-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1732/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42826 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10337 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00157.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00178.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00179.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1109 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 04, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.