CVE-2008-7159

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

The silc_asn1_encoder function in lib/silcasn1/silcasn1_encode.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OID value, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.

Affected products

Silcnet Silc Toolkit: through 1.1.6; 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36614
http://secunia.com/advisories/36625
http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.8
http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:234
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36192
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53477
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html

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