CVE-2008-1429
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Server before 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a NEW_CLIENT packet without a nickname.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 2.0% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1433)
- Published
- March 20, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1433 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- silc / silc-server
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29459
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29946
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-27.xml
- http://silcnet.org/docs/release/SILC%20Server%201.1.1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28450
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019711
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0919/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41307
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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