Buffer overflow in Silc Toolkit
CVE-2008-1227
Stack-based buffer overflow in the silc_fingerprint function in lib/silcutil/silcutil.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit 1.1.5, and unspecified earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via long input data. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (91.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Silc Toolkit — versions 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC Toolkit 1.1.6
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-27.xml (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41012 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0769 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29174 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29946 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28101 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29323 (third-party-advisory)