CVE-2008-1429

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.

Published: 2008-03-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-1429 is rated Moderate Risk (59.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.57%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1429

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 2025-03-30 1.15% 1.57% +0.42%
2 2025-03-29 1.57% 1.15% -0.42%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.57% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1429

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1429

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-1429

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2008-1429: 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-2008-1429
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-1429 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (silc-server), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): DNE 4, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1429

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1429

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
silc silc-server <= 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:silc:silc-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1429

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