MEDIUM
licq: DoS via large number of connections
Published Apr 28, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.18%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.61
- 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
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
11.18% 0.11177
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.11177
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.18% (0.11177) | 95.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.18% (0.11177) | 95.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 43.64% (0.43636) | 97.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 20.31% (0.20307) | 95.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 19.20% (0.19202) | 94.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 20.31% (0.20309) | 95.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 22.80% (0.22804) | 93.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 20.31% (0.20309) | 95.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 14.98% (0.14982) | 95.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 11.39% (0.11385) | 94.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 7, 2023 | 11.92% (0.11920) | 94.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 11.03% (0.11029) | 94.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (19)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30055 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30236 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1996 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445236 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1996
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1996
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 28, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 28, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1996
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a