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CVE-2008-6393 Details

Description

PSI Jabber client before 0.12.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file transfer request with a negative value in a SOCKS5 option, which bypasses a signed integer check and triggers an integer overflow and a heap-based buffer overflow.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252830	CVE	Exploit
http://jolmos.blogspot.com/2008/12/psi-remote-integer-overflow.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33311	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34119	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34301	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=658912	CVE	Patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7555	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00071.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00080.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1741	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/5	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499563	CVE	Exploit
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252830	[email protected]	Exploit
http://jolmos.blogspot.com/2008/12/psi-remote-integer-overflow.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33311	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34119	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34301	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=658912	[email protected]	Patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7555	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00071.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00080.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1741	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/25/5	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499563	[email protected]	Exploit

see all 28 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
psi-im psi	<= 0.12 0.1.0 0.8.6 0.8.7 0.9
CPE cpe:2.3:a:psi-im:psi:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:psi-im:psi:0.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:psi-im:psi:0.8.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:psi-im:psi:0.8.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:psi-im:psi:0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:psi-im:psi:0.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:psi-im:psi:0.9.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:psi-im:psi:0.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:psi-im:psi:0.11:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
jabber jabber client	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:jabber:jabber_client:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 3, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]