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>> ICQ HTML Message Conversion Remote Format String Vulnerability
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Title : ICQ HTML Message Conversion Remote Format String Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0701
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1120
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-02-28
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A vulnerability has been identified in ICQ, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a format string error when processing and converting received HTML messages, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected application or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious message to an ICQ user.
Affected Products
ICQ version 6.0.0.6043 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to the latest version :
http://www.icq.com/download/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0701
http://board.raidrush.ws/showthread.php?t=386983
Credits
Vulnerability reported by B0B.
ChangeLog
2008-02-28 : Initial release
2008-05-06 : Updated Solution
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