CVE DATABASE / CVE-2008-6393
CVE-2008-6393
CVSS 10 · HIGH
Summary
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.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 10 (HIGH) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | COMPLETE |
| Integrity | COMPLETE |
| Availability | COMPLETE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Psi-im psiJabber jabber client
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References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252830
- http://jolmos.blogspot.com/2008/12/psi-remote-integer-overflow.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33311
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34119
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34301
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=658912
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1741
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499563
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7555
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00071.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00080.html
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-23. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.