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CVE-2007-0160
UNKNOWN

CVE-2007-0160

Published Jan 10, 2007 · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Severity · CVSSUNKNOWN · 7.5
Known exploitationNot listed
EPSS / likelihood4.23%
QFinch risk score10 / 100

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Stack-based buffer overflow in the LiveJournal support (hooks/ljhook.cc) in CenterICQ 4.9.11 through 4.21.0, when using unofficial LiveJournal servers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by adding the victim as a friend and using long (1) username and (2) real name strings.

Publisher and source text is retained separately from QFinch interpretation.

QFinch assessment

Stack-based buffer overflow in the LiveJournal support (hooks/ljhook.cc) in CenterICQ 4.9.11 through 4.21.0, when using unofficial LiveJournal servers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by adding the victim as a friend and using long (1) username and (2) real name strings.

Evidence: public source records

Affected products

Affected scope reported by the available public evidence
Affected package, product or rangeFix status
Consult the referenced vendor advisory for affected versions.Consult source advisory

Matching a version is only one part of assessing exposure. QFinch has not assessed your environment on this public page.

Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

  1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
  3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
Review primary references

Evidence coverage

CVENVDEPSS
SSVC priority
LOW
Confidence
10%
Aliases
None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

  1. 2129 ↗
  2. 21932 ↗
  3. ADV-2007-0306 ↗
  4. centericq-username-bo(31330) ↗
  5. GLSA-200701-20 ↗
  6. 1017545 ↗
  7. 20070107 TK53 Advisory #1: CenterICQ remote DoS buffer overflow in LiveJournal handling ↗
  8. 33408 ↗

Record history

Published Jan 10, 2007 · Last refreshed Oct 23, 2026