CVE-2008-1227
Stack-based buffer overflow in the silc_fingerprint function in lib/silcutil/silcutil.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit 1.1.5, and unspecified earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via long input data. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1236)
- Published
- March 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1236 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- silc / silc toolkit
- silc / silc toolkit
- silc / silc toolkit
- silc / silc toolkit
- silc / silc toolkit
- silc / silc toolkit
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29174(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29946
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-27.xml
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.6
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:158
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28101(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0769
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372021
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41012
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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