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CVE-2008-7159

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-134 Format String Vulnerability
Publication date:
10/09/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The silc_asn1_encoder function in lib/silcasn1/silcasn1_encode.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OID value, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.6 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_toolkit:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_toolkit:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_toolkit:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_toolkit:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_toolkit:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_toolkit:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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