CVE-2011-4189

Exp

The client in Novell GroupWise 8.0x through 8.02HP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via a long e-mail address in an Address Book (aka .NAB) file.

Published: 2012-03-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-4189 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.61%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-4189

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18546 exploit_db edb 2012-03-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4189

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-07-06 11.74% 11.61% -0.13%
2 2026-06-15 21.47% 11.74% -9.74%
3 2026-04-07 — 21.47% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4189

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4189

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4189

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell groupwise 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0:hp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0:hp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0.2:hp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4189

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