CVE-2008-1429

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Silc-Server: through 1.1

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
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

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