Cerulean Studios Trillian 0.74i MSN Module memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Cerulean Studios Trillian 0.74i. Impacted is an unknown function of the component MSN Module. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1666. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cerulean Studios Trillian 0.74i (Messaging Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component MSN Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the MSN module in Trillian 0.74i allows remote MSN servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that ends in a newline character.

The weakness was shared 09/08/2004 by Komrade (Website). The advisory is available at unsecure.altervista.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1666 since 02/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Komrade in ANSI C and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at unsecure.altervista.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14686 (Trillian MSN Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17292), Exploit-DB (435), Tenable (14686), SecurityFocus (BID 11142†) and OSVDB (9777†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Komrade
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Nessus ID: 14686
Nessus Name: Trillian MSN Overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: unsecure.altervista.org
Researcher: Komrade
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1666 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1666
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22874
X-Force: 17292
SecurityFocus: 11142 - Cerulean Studios Trillian Client MSN Module Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 12487 - Trillian MSN Module Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 9777 - Trillian MSN Module Messenger Server Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 5381 - Buffer Overflow and Code Execution in Trillian 0.74i via the MSN Module, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:31
Updated: 10/11/2025 06:08
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:31 (81), 05/24/2019 20:16 (1), 10/11/2025 06:08 (18)
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