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CVE-2008-1227

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1227 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the silc_fingerprint function within the SILC Toolkit, specifically version 1.1.5 and earlier. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying excessively long input data. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable, and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0432 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/29174
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29323
secunia.com / advisories/29946
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-27.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41012
silcnet.org / docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.6
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/28101
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0769