IBM Lotus Notes Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Win)

Summary
This host has IBM Lotus Notes installed and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition. Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The flaw is due to an unspecified error in application, which fails to adequately perform boundary checks on user supplied data and can be exploited to cause a stack based buffer overflow.
Affected
IBM Lotus Notes Version 8.0 and 8.5 to 8.5 FP1 on Windows.
References

Updated on 2017-03-28