Buffer overflow in Centericq

CVE-2007-0160

Stack-based buffer overflow in the LiveJournal support (hooks/ljhook.cc) in CenterICQ 4.9.11 through 4.21.0, when using unofficial LiveJournal servers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by adding the victim as a friend and using long (1) username and (2) real name strings.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.042 (89.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Centericq — versions 4.9.11, 4.9.12, 4.12
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References