CVE-2008-2008 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the Display Names message feature in Cerulean Studios Trillian Basic and Pro 3.1.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long nickname in an MSN protocol message.

Published: 2008-04-29

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 3.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:3.1.9.0::basic:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:3.1.9.0::pro:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2006	Buffer overflow in the Display Names message feature in Cerulean Studios Trillian Basic and Pro 3.1.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long nickname in an MSN protocol message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03086.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29952
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3849
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491281/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28925
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1368/references

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cerulean Studios Trillian

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-29T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.257Z

Reserved: 2008-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2008

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-29T13:09:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2008

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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