CVE-2020-14224 (GCVE-0-2020-14224)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-18 22:11 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:39
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Summary
A vulnerability in the MIME message handling of the HCL Notes v9 client could potentially be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker resulting in a stack buffer overflow. This could allow a remote attacker to crash the Notes application or inject code into the system which would execute with the privileges of the currently logged-in user.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Buffer overflow
Assigner
HCL CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 185 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a HCL Notes Affected: v9
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