National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4662
Original release date:09/09/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Heap-based buffer overflow in the MCRegEx__Search function in AOL ICQ Pro 2003b Build 3916 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an inconsistent length field of a Message in a 0x2711 Type-Length-Value (TLV) type.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#400780
Name: VU#400780
External Source: BID
Name: 19897
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060907 CORE-2006-0321: AOL ICQ Pro 2003b heap overflow vulnerability
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=ContentMod&action=item&id=1509
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: icqpro-mcregexsearch-bo(28835)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3527
External Source: SREASON
Name: 1530
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21834
