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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…
High10.0EPSS 7.9%
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- mitre
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 Parsing."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.9% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- 1021335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 32645 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- trillian-xmltags-bo(47093) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 50472 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3348 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20081205 ZDI-08-077: Trillian AIM IMG Tag Parsing Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 33001 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=404 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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