QIP 2005 Rich Text Format resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in QIP 2005. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Rich Text Format. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2009-0769. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in QIP 2005. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Rich Text Format. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

QIP 2005 build 8082 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via a crafted Rich Text Format (RTF) ICQ message, as demonstrated by an {\rtf\pict\&&} message. NOTE: the vulnerability may be in Sergey Tkachenko TRichView. If so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in QIP.

The weakness was published 02/04/2009 by ShineShadow (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0769 since 03/03/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116206 (QIP Message Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (32774), SecurityFocus (BID 33609†), OSVDB (51755†) and Secunia (SA33851†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 800541
OpenVAS Name: Qip ICQ Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: ShineShadow
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-0769 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0769
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47005
SecurityFocus: 33609 - QIP 2005 Malformed Rich Text Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 33851 - QIP Message Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability, Not Critical
OSVDB: 51755 - QIP Crafted RTF Format ICQ Message Handling DoS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 04/27/2025 04:51
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (52), 10/31/2018 06:35 (12), 12/30/2024 22:45 (21), 04/27/2025 04:51 (3)
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