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CVE-2008-1996: licq Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 28-04-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1996 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in licq. EPSS estimates a 11.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.18%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 28-04-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

11.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 11.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
11.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedosunixVerified

    LICQ 1.3.5 - File Descriptor Remote Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Licq1 product
  • licq0.61 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.75.1 | 0.75.2 | 0.75.3 | 0.75.3a | 0.75_991219 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.84a | 0.84b | 0.85 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.0_pre | 1.3.2 | 1.3.2_rc | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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