CVE-2008-7160
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
The silc_http_server_parse function in lib/silchttp/silchttpserver.c in the internal HTTP server in silcd in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Content-Length header, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-7119)
- Published
- September 10, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-7119 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- silcnet / silc toolkit
- silcnet / silc toolkit
- silcnet / silc toolkit
- silcnet / silc toolkit
- silcnet / silc toolkit
- silcnet / silc toolkit
- silcnet / silc toolkit
- silcnet / silc toolkit
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36614(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36625(Vendor Advisory)
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.9(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:234
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36194(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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