CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5279
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• zilab zim server (<= 2.1)
• zilab zim server 2.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/zilabzcsx-adv.txt aluigi.altervista.org
- http://aluigi.org/poc/zilabzcsx.zip Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29062 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27940 Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0664 www.vupen.com
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/zilabzcsx-adv.txt aluigi.altervista.org
- http://aluigi.org/poc/zilabzcsx.zip Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29062 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27940 Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0664 www.vupen.com