CVE-2008-6393

psi: remote DoS vulnerability

Published Mar 3, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 18.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
PSI Jabber client before 0.12.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file transfer request with a negative value in a SOCKS5 option, which bypasses a signed integer check and triggers an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1741-1 New psi packages fix denial of service
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 11:27 AM
Reserved
Mar 3, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 3, 2009, 4:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:02 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 29, 2008, 12:00 AM