CVE-2008-2927 (GCVE-0-2008-2927)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-07 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:21
VLAI
Summary
Multiple integer overflows in the msn_slplink_process_msg functions in the MSN protocol handler in (1) libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c and (2) libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c in Pidgin before 2.4.3 and Adium before 1.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SLP message with a crafted offset value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2955.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2008-07-03 00:00
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