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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1996 · published 28 April 2008

CVE-2008-1996: Licq vulnerability

Licq · Licq

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.2% CWE-399 · CWE-399
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
30References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0100.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30055
http://secunia.com/advisories/30236
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3851
http://www.licq.org/changeset/6146
http://www.licq.org/ticket/1623
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:159
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/25/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490563 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490717
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28679
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1446/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41732
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00186.html

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