CVE-2008-5279

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The Local ZIM Server (zcs.exe) in Zilab Chat and Instant Messaging (ZIM) Server 2.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) heap-based buffer overflows involving multiple vectors including a long room name and a long source account, and (2) a stack-based buffer overflow with a long username in an information request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Zilab Zim Server: through 2.1; 2.0

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/zilabzcsx-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/zilabzcsx.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/29062
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27940
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0664
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/zilabzcsx-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/zilabzcsx.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/29062
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27940
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0664

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