CVE-2002-2155 (GCVE-0-2002-2155)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-11-16 21:17 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:01
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the error handling of IRC invite responses for Trillian 0.725 and 0.73 allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code via an invite to a channel with format string specifiers in the name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/285695 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5388 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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