Trillian Multiple Protocol XML Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability

May 21st, 2008
ZDI-08-030 ZDI-CAN-311

CVE ID

CVE-2008-2408

CVSS Score

None None

Affected Vendors

Cerulean Studios

Affected Products

Trillian

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Cerulean Studios Trillian Pro. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within XML parsing in talk.dll. When processing certain malformed attributes within an 'IMG' tags, it is possible to overwrite past an allocated heap chunk which can eventually lead to code execution under the context of the currently user.

Additional Details

Trillian v3.1.10.0 has been released to address these vulnerabilities and is available at http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/


Disclosure Timeline

  • 2008-04-08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2008-05-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

tw33k and n8

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