CVE-2008-1227

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1227
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-10 17:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Silc Silc Toolkit 1.1 All All All
Application Silc Silc Toolkit 1.1.1 All All All
Application Silc Silc Toolkit 1.1.2 All All All
Application Silc Silc Toolkit 1.1.3 All All All
Application Silc Silc Toolkit 1.1.4 All All All
Application Silc Silc Toolkit All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 372021 – CVE-2008-1227 Logging into silc account crashes pidgin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:158 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 silcnet.org
SILC Toolkit 'silcutil.c' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
SILC Toolkit "silc_fingerprint()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for silc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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