FKIE_CVE-2009-3051
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-09-10 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:10
Severity
Summary
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/client_entry.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client before 1.1.8, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a nickname field, related to the (1) silc_client_add_client, (2) silc_client_update_client, and (3) silc_client_nickname_format functions.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| silcnet | silc_client | * | |
| silcnet | silc_client | 1.1.1 | |
| silcnet | silc_client | 1.1.2 | |
| silcnet | silc_client | 1.1.3 | |
| silcnet | silc_client | 1.1.4 | |
| silcnet | silc_client | 1.1.6 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | * | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.1 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.2 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.3 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.4 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.5 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.6 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.8 |
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