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CVE-2007-2478 (GCVE-0-2007-2478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-05-03 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:42
VLAI
Summary
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the IRC component in Cerulean Studios Trillian Pro before 3.1.5.1 allow remote attackers to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a URL with a long UTF-8 string, which triggers the overflow when the user highlights it, or (2) a font HTML tag with a face attribute containing a long UTF-8 string.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=131 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017982 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23730 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/35721 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1596 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2007-04-30 00:00
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