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critical 9.3

CVE-2008-6953 json

Buffer overflow in oovoo.exe in ooVoo 1.7.1.35, and possibly other versions before 1.7.1.59, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of s…

published 2009-08-12 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-6913

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.6%
EPSS 8.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in oovoo.exe in ooVoo 1.7.1.35, and possibly other versions before 1.7.1.59, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long oovoo: URI.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-7090)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-7090 ooVoo 1.7.1.35 - 'URL Protocol' Remote Unicode Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2008-11-11
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32251 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-11/0082.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • retrogod.altervista.org http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_oovoo_url_poc.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

Sources

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