Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8614

Title: Claws-Mail Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8614.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Apr 11, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.3 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.87%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8614: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) conv_jistoeuc, (2) conv_euctojis, and (3) conv_sjistoeuc functions in codeconv.c in Claws Mail before 3.13.1 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted email, involving Japanese character set conversion.

Impacted Vendors

claws-mail 1

Reference Links

http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d390fa07f5548f3173dd9cc13b233db5ce934c82 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00000.html http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3452 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/22/2 http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3557 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-11 http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d390fa07f5548f3173dd9cc13b233db5ce934c82 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00000.html http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3452 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/22/2 http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3557 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-11

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8614 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 11, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.