01 Record
CVE-2008-7159
The silc_asn1_encoder function in lib/silcasn1/silcasn1_encode.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The silc_asn1_encoder function in lib/silcasn1/silcasn1_encode.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly
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
- 3.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.3% 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
- 2009-09-10 21:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-09-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 460a0fbacd296da056dbf5cd72ab27d459fa64247058138d7c0ac53f17df6024
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com36625http://secunia.com/advisories/36625
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsilctoolkit-silcasn1encoder-format-string(53477)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53477
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090831 CVE id request: silc-toolkithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/5
- secunia.com36614http://secunia.com/advisories/36614
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090903 Re: CVE id request: silc-toolkithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5
- www.debian.orgDSA-1879http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879
- www.securityfocus.com36192http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36192
- silcnet.orghttp://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php
- silcnet.orghttp://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.8
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:016http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:234http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:234