Buffer overflow in Wojtek Kaniewsk Libgadu
CVE-2008-4776
libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wojtek Kaniewsk Libgadu — versions 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.ziew.org/pipermail/libgadu-devel/2008-October/000331.html (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-692-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31951 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46158 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi