MEDIUM
libgadu: contact description buffer over-read vulnerability
Published Oct 28, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.26%
Description
libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.8.1
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.8.0
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
1.26% 0.01264
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01264
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01264) | 68.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01264) | 65.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.63% (0.00632) | 68.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00215) | 60.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00215) | 58.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 58.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.ziew.org/pipermail/libgadu-devel/2008-October/000331.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31951 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-692-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4776 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468830 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46158 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4776
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4776
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.ziew.org/pipermail/libgadu-devel/2008-October/000331.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31951 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-692-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4776 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468830 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46158 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4776 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4776 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 28, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 28, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4776
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a