Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1227
Stack-based buffer overflow in the silc_fingerprint function in lib/silcutil/silcutil.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit 1.1.5, and unspecified earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via long input data. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute codeDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2008-1227
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1227
4.59%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 89 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1227
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-1227
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-1227
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:006 - openSUSE Security Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41012
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0769
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:158
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372021
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-27.xml
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http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.6
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29946
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28101
Patch
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29174
Vendor Advisory
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