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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 11.2%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.2% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- SUSE-SR:2008:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- licq-connections-dos(41732) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080410 Re: Re: licq remote DoS? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3851 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20080408 licq remote DoS? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1446 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28679 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30055 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-3812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080425 CVE request: licq denial of service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 30236 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080410 Re: licq remote DoS? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:159 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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