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CVE-2008-1920 (GCVE-0-2008-1920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-22 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:41
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-04-14 00:00
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