Vulnerability in Licq
CVE-2008-1996
licq before 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor exhaustion and application crash) via a large number of connections.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.112 (95.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.112 · newest: 0.112 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Licq — versions 0.61, 0.71, 0.75
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717 (mailing-list)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3851 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/30055 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.licq.org/ticket/1623