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CVE-2008-5402
Double free vulnerability in the XML parser in Trillian before 3.1.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 7.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Double free vulnerability in the XML parser in Trillian before 3.1.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XML expression, related to the "IMG SRC ID."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.0% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 4701 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- trillian-xml-code-execution(47098) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1021334 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 50473 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 32645 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3348 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-078 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20081205 ZDI-08-078: Trillian IMG SRC ID Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 33001 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=404 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5379 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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