CVE-2008-2927: adium Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-2927 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in adium. EPSS estimates a 4.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 07-07-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c and (2) libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c in Pidgin before 2.4.3 and Adium before 1.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2955.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.33%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 4.33% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat10 products
- finch< 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
- finch-devel< 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
- libpurple< 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
- libpurple-devel< 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
- libpurple-perl< 0:2.3.1-2.el5_2
Debian2 products
- gaim< 1:2.0.0+beta5-10etch1
- pidgin< 2.4.3-1
Adium1 product
- adium≤ 1.2.7 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4
Pidgin1 product
- pidgin≤ 2.4.2 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.1 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.1
4 vendors · 14 products
References
41 links- developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/…X Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11695VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/…X Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 41 references
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17972VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246X Refsource CONFIRM
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=25X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-054X Refsource MISC