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CVE-2009-1915

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the URL Search Hook (ICQToolBar.dll) in ICQ 6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an Internet shortcut .URL file containing a long URL parameter, which triggers a crash when browsing a folder that contains this file.

Affected products

• Icq: 6.5

References

• http://osvdb.org/54893
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503935/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35150
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50858
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8832
• http://osvdb.org/54893
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503935/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35150
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50858
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8832

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