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CVE-2009-3163

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-134 Format String Vulnerability
Publication date:
10/09/2009
Last modified:
23/04/2026

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick, (3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users.

Impact

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

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.8 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_client:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_client:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_client:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_client:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_client:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_client:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.9 (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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:silcnet:silc_toolkit:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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