01 Record

CVE-2008-5401

Stack-based buffer overflow in the image tooltip implementation in Trillian before 3.1.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long image filename, related to "AIM IMG Tag

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the image tooltip implementation in Trillian before 3.1.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long image filename, related to "AIM IMG Tag

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 7.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 94.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-12-09 11:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-12-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1a35f4fa5155eb867f944bb26c86a8c3082ddf1711fa02d457215e72209b88c2

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

cerulean_studiostrillianNot specified—

cerulean_studiostrillian_proNot specified—

ceruleanstudiostrillianNot specified—

ceruleanstudiostrillian_proNot specified—

06 References

www.securitytracker.com1021335http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021335vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com32645http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32645vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtrillian-xmltags-bo(47093)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47093vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
osvdb.org50472http://osvdb.org/50472vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
www.vupen.comADV-2008-3348http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3348vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.securityfocus.com20081205 ZDI-08-077: Trillian AIM IMG Tag Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498932/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
securityreason.com4700http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4700third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
secunia.com33001http://secunia.com/advisories/33001third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-077x_refsource_MISC
blog.ceruleanstudios.comhttp://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=404x_refsource_MISC