CVE-2008-1920

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Icq Mirabilis Icq: 6.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29821
http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2008-04-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490921/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28803
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1299/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41852
http://secunia.com/advisories/29821
http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2008-04-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490921/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28803
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1299/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41852

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