Buffer overflow in Icq Mirabilis

CVE-2008-1920

Heap-based buffer overflow in the boxelyRenderer module in the Personal Status Manager feature in ICQ 6.0 build 6043 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted personal status message.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2008-04-23 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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: 0.058 (92.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Icq Mirabilis — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41852 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490921/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2008-04-08 (Exploit)
secunia.com/advisories/29821 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28803 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1299/references (vdb-entry)