CVE-2007-2478

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the IRC component in Cerulean Studios Trillian Pro before 3.1.5.1 allow remote attackers to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a URL with a long UTF-8 string, which triggers the overflow when the user highlights it, or (2) a font HTML tag with a face attribute containing a long UTF-8 string.

Affected products

Cerulean Studios Trillian Pro: through 3.1.5.0

References

http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=131
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=522
http://osvdb.org/35721
http://secunia.com/advisories/25086
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23730
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017982
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1596
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33985
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33986
http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=131
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=522
http://osvdb.org/35721

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