The silc_pkcs1_decode function in the silccrypt library (silcpkcs1.c) in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.7, SILC Client before 1.1.4, and SILC Server before 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PKCS#1 message, which triggers an integer underflow, signedness error, and a buffer overflow. NOTE: the researcher describes this as an integer overflow, but CVE uses the "underflow" term in cases of wraparound from unsigned subtraction.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-03-31T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:24:42.749Z

Reserved: 2008-03-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-1552

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-03-31T17:44:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-1552

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1552 - Bugzilla