CVE-2008-5402

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Double free vulnerability in the XML parser in Trillian before 3.1.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML expression, related to the "IMG SRC ID."

Affected products

Cerulean Studios Trillian: 0.50, 0.52, 0.60, 0.61, 0.62, 0.63 (+29)
Cerulean Studios Trillian Pro: 1.0, 2.0, 2.01, 3.0, 3.1.5.0, 3.1_build_121
Ceruleanstudios Trillian: 3.1.0.9, 3.1.9.0
Ceruleanstudios Trillian Pro: 3.1.9.0

References

http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=404
http://osvdb.org/50473
http://secunia.com/advisories/33001
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4701
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498933/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32645
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021334
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3348
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-078
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47098
http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=404
http://osvdb.org/50473

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