{
    "id": "CVE-2008-1996",
    "published": "2008-04-28 20:05:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:52:54",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.11177",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95813",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:07",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "licq",
            "product": "licq"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "31627",
            "title": "LICQ 1.3.5 - File Descriptor Remote Denial of Service",
            "date": "2008-04-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31627"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}