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CVE-2008-2409

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2409 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Cerulean Studios Trillian versions prior to 3.1.10.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending a specially crafted MSN message containing unspecified attributes in the X-MMS-IM-FORMAT header. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity, but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.73CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.74CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.74iCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.74i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.725CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.725:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0615 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2008-05/0285.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/30336
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42576
securityfocus.com / bid/29330
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1622
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-08-031
Patch