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high 7.5

CVE-2008-1920 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the boxelyRenderer module in the Personal Status Manager feature in ICQ 6.0 build 6043 allows remote attacker…

published 2008-04-22 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1920

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.8%
EPSS 5.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31656)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31656 ICQ 6 - 'Personal Status Manager' Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2008-04-16
  • infigo.hr http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2008-04-08 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28803 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

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