Name: CVE-2008-7160: 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-2008-7160, CWE-134, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.04573

The silc_http_server_parse function in lib/silchttp/silchttpserver.c in the internal HTTP server in silcd in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Content-Length header, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.

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.	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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