CVE-2009-3051
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.
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-134
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3035)
- 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-2009-3035 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- silcnet / silc client
- silcnet / silc client
- silcnet / silc client
- silcnet / silc client
- silcnet / silc client
- silcnet / silc client
- silcnet / silc toolkit
- 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/36134(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36614(Vendor Advisory)
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Client%201.1.8(Vendor Advisory)
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.10(Vendor Advisory)
- http://silcnet.org/docs/release/SILC%20Client%201.1.8(Vendor Advisory)
- http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_client.php(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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:235
- 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/35940(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2150(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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