CVE-2008-1920

critical

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the boxelyRenderer module in the Personal Status Manager feature in ICQ 6.0 build 6043 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted personal status message.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41852

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1299/references

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490921/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/29821

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-04-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05354