CVE-2008-5403 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability within the AIM plugin's XML parser in Trillian versions prior to 3.1.12.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending a specially crafted XML tag. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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 records are not available for this CVE.