CVE-2008-1996 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.18% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-04-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| licq | licq |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | LICQ 1.3.5 - File Descriptor Remote Denial of Service | 2008-04-08 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
- http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
- http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
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