ICQ boxelyRenderer module buffer overflow

icq-boxelyrenderer-bo (41852)

High Risk

Description:

ICQ is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the boxelyRenderer module in the Personal Status Manager. By persuading a victim to view a malicious status message containing specially-crafted HTML tags, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector:	Network
Access Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	5.8
Exploitability:	Proof-of-Concept
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of April 2008.

References:

• ICQ Web site: Welcome to ICQ 6.
• INFIGO IS Security Advisory #INFIGO-2008-04-08: ICQ 6 remote buffer overflow vulnerability.
• BID-28803: ICQ 'Personal Status Manager' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
• CVE-2008-1920: 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.
• SA29821: ICQ Personal Status Processing Buffer Overflow
• VUPEN/ADV-2008-1299: ICQ Personal Status Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

• ICQ ICQ 6 build 6043

Reported:

Apr 14, 2008

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