Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-1227
CVE-2008-1227
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the silc_fingerprint function in lib/silcutil/silcutil.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit 1.1.5, and unspecified earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via long input data. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.1.5
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.1.5
Patches
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References
11- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28101nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/29174nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29323nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29946nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-27.xmlnvd
- silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.6nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0769nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41012nvd
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