CVE-2008-1920 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15924.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:icq:mirabilis_icq:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Icq Subscribe	Mirabilis Icq Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29821
http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2008-04-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490921/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28803
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1299/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41852

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.09369}`	epss `{'score': 0.22347}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-22T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.191Z

Reserved: 2008-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1920

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-04-23T13:05:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-1920

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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