CVE-2008-1996 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in licq before version 1.3.6, allowing remote attackers to exhaust file descriptors and crash the application through a high volume of connections. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.61CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.75CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:0.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.75.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:0.75.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.75.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:0.75.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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