CVE-2008-1920

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the boxelyRenderer module in the Personal Status Manager feature in ICQ 6.0 build 6043 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted personal status message.

Published: 2008-04-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1920 is rated High Exploit Risk (72/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.35%, 92th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-1920

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31656 exploit_db edb 2008-04-16 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1920

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 15.92% 5.35% -10.57%
2 2026-02-09 18.48% 15.92% -2.55%
3 2025-10-27 — 18.48% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1920

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1920

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1920

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
icq mirabilis_icq 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:icq:mirabilis_icq:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1920

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