CVE-2008-0285

Exp

ngIRCd 0.10.x before 0.10.4 and 0.11.0 before 0.11.0-pre2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted IRC PART message, which triggers an invalid dereference.

Published: 2008-01-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0285 is rated Exploit Available (58.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.19%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0285

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0285

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 4.94% 1.19% -3.75%
2 2025-03-12 3.99% 4.94% +0.95%
3 2024-12-26 — 3.99% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0285

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0285

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0285

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-0285 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ngircd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0285
gentoo normal CVE-2008-0285: 1 GLSA(s) (200801-13), 1 atom(s) (net-irc/ngircd); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-0285
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0285
ubuntu low CVE-2008-0285 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ngircd), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, ignored 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0285

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0285

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ngircd ngircd <= 0.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:ngircd:ngircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ngircd ngircd <= 0.11.0-pre1 cpe:2.3:a:ngircd:ngircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0285

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