Name: CVE-2008-1227: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2008-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-1227, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.0459

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-im/silc-toolkit.Upgrade net-im/silc-client.Upgrade net-im/silc-server.	Oct 30, 2017	Mar 10, 2008
Suse	—	Upgrade silc-toolkitUpgrade libsilc-1_1-2Upgrade libsilcclient-1_1-3Upgrade silc-toolkit-devel	Feb 17, 2015	Jun 28, 2013
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade silc-toolkit	Nov 19, 2024	Mar 10, 2008

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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