7.5
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2007-0160
CenterICQ LiveJournal Hook Stack Buffer Overflow
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the LiveJournal support (hooks/ljhook.cc) in CenterICQ 4.9.11 through 4.21.0, when using unofficial LiveJournal servers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by adding the victim as a friend and using long (1) username and (2) real name strings.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 10, 2007, 12:28 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-0160 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Centericq centericq
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Currently, Centericq is unmaintained. As such, Centericq has been masked in Portage until it is again maintained. # emerge --ask --verbose --unmerge 'net-im/centericq'
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-0160 is associated with the following CWEs:

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-0160 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-0160 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/33408
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2129
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017545
    Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-20.xml
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456255/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21932
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0306
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31330
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/456255/100/0/threaded [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456255/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31330 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31330 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

6.84 }} 0.25%

score

0.90972

percentile