Heap-based buffer overflow in the MCRegEx__Search function in AOL ICQ Pro 2003b Build 3916 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute…

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MCRegEx__Search function in AOL ICQ Pro 2003b Build 3916 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an inconsistent length field of a Message in a 0x2711 Type-Length-Value (TLV) type.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 20060907 CORE-2006-0321: AOL ICQ Pro 2003b heap overflow vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=ContentMod&action=item&id=1509 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1530 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3527 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 21834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• VU#400780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• icqpro-mcregexsearch-bo(28835) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 19897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:23 UTC.