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CVE-2008-5279

N/A

Description

The Local ZIM Server (zcs.exe) in Zilab Chat and Instant Messaging (ZIM) Server 2.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) heap-based buffer overflows involving multiple vectors including a long room name and a long source account, and (2) a stack-based buffer overflow with a long username in an information request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published11/29/2008

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

zilab:zim_server

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/zilabzcsx-adv.txt(cve@mitre.org)

http://aluigi.org/poc/zilabzcsx.zip(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/29062(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27940(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0664(cve@mitre.org)

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/zilabzcsx-adv.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://aluigi.org/poc/zilabzcsx.zip(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/29062(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27940(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0664(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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