CVE-2009-1915

Icq vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

5.0%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in the URL Search Hook (ICQToolBar.dll) in ICQ 6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an Internet shortcut .URL file containing a long URL parameter, which triggers a crash when browsing a folder that contains this file.

Affected vendor

Icq

Affected product

Icq

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2009-06-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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