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CVE-2008-5401

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5401 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Trillian versions prior to 3.1.12.0, affecting both Trillian and Trillian Pro. This flaw, related to AIM IMG Tag Parsing, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted, long image filename. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100 indicates its potential severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.60CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.61CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0793 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.ceruleanstudios.com
osvdb.org / 50472
secunia.com / advisories/33001
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/4700
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47093
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498932/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/32645
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3348
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-08-077