Name: CVE-2008-7159: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2009-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-7159, CWE-134, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.04049

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-im/silc-toolkit.Upgrade net-im/silc-client.	Oct 30, 2017	Sep 10, 2009
Suse	—	Upgrade silc-toolkit-develUpgrade silc-toolkit	Feb 17, 2015	Sep 10, 2009

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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