CVE-2008-1227

Stack-based buffer overflow in the silc_fingerprint function in lib/silcutil/silcutil.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit 1.1.5, and unspecified earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via long input data. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-03-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1227 is rated Moderate Risk (61.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.54%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1227

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 2026-05-26 4.59% 4.54% -0.05%
2 2025-04-30 5.98% 4.59% -1.39%
3 2025-03-30 — 5.98% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1227

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1227

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-1227

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2008-1227: 1 GLSA(s) (200804-27), 3 atom(s) (net-im/silc-client, net-im/silc-server, net-im/silc-toolkit); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-1227
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-1227 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (silc-toolkit), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, ignored 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1227

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1227

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
silc silc_toolkit <= 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
silc silc_toolkit 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
silc silc_toolkit 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
silc silc_toolkit 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
silc silc_toolkit 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
silc silc_toolkit 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc_toolkit:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1227

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