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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…
Medium5.8EPSS 3.4%
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- mitre
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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted OID value, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% 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: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (11)
- 36625 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- silctoolkit-silcasn1encoder-format-string(53477) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090831 CVE id request: silc-toolkit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 36614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090903 Re: CVE id request: silc-toolkit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-1879 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 36192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:234 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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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