CVE-2007-0160

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the LiveJournal support (hooks/ljhook.cc) in CenterICQ 4.9.11 through 4.21.0, when using unofficial LiveJournal servers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by adding the victim as a friend and using long (1) username and (2) real name strings.

Affected products

Centericq: 4.9.11, 4.9.12, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.20 (+1)

References

http://osvdb.org/33408
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2129
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017545
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-20.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456255/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21932
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0306
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31330
http://osvdb.org/33408
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2129
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017545
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-20.xml

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