AOL ICQ 6.0 Personal Status memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in AOL ICQ 6.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Personal Status Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-1920. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in AOL ICQ 6.0 (Messaging Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component Personal Status Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the boxelyRenderer module in the Personal Status Manager feature in ICQ 6.0 build 6043 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted personal status message.

The bug was discovered 04/14/2008. The weakness was disclosed 04/21/2008 by Leon Juranic with Infigo IS (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at infigo.hr. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with AOL. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1920 since 04/22/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115790 (ICQ "Personal Status Manager" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at infigo.hr. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41852), SecurityFocus (BID 28803†), OSVDB (44544†), Secunia (SA29821†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-18266†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: infigo.hr

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03/01/2008 🔍
04/14/2008 +44 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: aol.com

Advisory: infigo.hr
Researcher: Leon Juranic
Organization: Infigo IS
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1920 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1920
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3687
X-Force: 41852 - ICQ boxelyRenderer module buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 28803 - ICQ 'Personal Status Manager' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 29821 - ICQ Personal Status Processing Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 44544 - ICQ Personal Status Manager boxelyRenderer Module Crafted Message Remote Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 18266 - ICQ 6.0 Personal Status Manager Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-1299

Entryinfo

Created: 05/06/2008 10:04
Updated: 05/31/2025 21:51
Changes: 05/06/2008 10:04 (82), 08/09/2019 17:00 (1), 05/31/2025 21:51 (22)
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Cache ID: 216:C2D:103

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