CVE-2009-3163
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick, (3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users.
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
- 4.5% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3146)
- 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-2009-3146 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 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://secunia.com/advisories/36614(Vendor Advisory)
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.10
- http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879(Vendor Advisory)
- 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/36193
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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