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CVE-2008-2408 (GCVE-0-2008-2408)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-23 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:58
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the XML parsing functionality in talk.dll in Cerulean Studios Trillian Pro before 3.1.10.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed attribute in an IMG tag.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1622 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29330 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/30336 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020105 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-030/ x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-05-21 00:00
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