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CVE-2008-1120 (GCVE-0-2008-1120)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-03 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:08
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the embedded Internet Explorer component for Mirabilis ICQ 6 build 6043 allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to HTML code generation.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28027 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://board.raidrush.ws/showthread.php?t=386983 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0701 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/29138 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-02-28 00:00
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