ICQ Message Handling and Conversion Remote Format String Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
29 Feb 2008
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RISK: Medium Risk
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.
System / Technologies affected
- ICQ version 6.0.0.6043 and prior
Solutions
There is no patch available for this vulnerability currently.
Temporary Solutions
- Enable the "Accept messages only from contacts" option and remove untrusted users from your contact list.
- If the "Ask me before displaying messages from people I don't know" option is enabled, discard incoming messages.
Vulnerability Identifier
- No CVE information is available
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