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CVE-2008-5280
The Local ZIM Server in Zilab Chat and Instant Messaging (ZIM) Server 2.0 and 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.0EPSS 7.3%
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- mitre
Description
The Local ZIM Server in Zilab Chat and Instant Messaging (ZIM) Server 2.0 and 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via crafted requests without required parameters.
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)
- 7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (2 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 27940 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://aluigi.org/poc/zilabzcsx.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29062 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0665 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/zilabzcsx-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
Record last updated .