Linux DC++ (linuxdcpp) before 0.707 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via "partial file list requests" that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2953 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.46%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-05-28 | 2.34% | 2.46% | +0.12% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 2.16% | 2.34% | +0.18% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 2.16% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2953 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2008-2953 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (linuxdcpp), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 4, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2953 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | direct_connect | 0.686 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:direct_connect:0.686:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | direct_connect | 0.699 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:direct_connect:0.699:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | direct_connect | 0.700 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:direct_connect:0.700:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | direct_connect | 0.701 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:direct_connect:0.701:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | direct_connect | 0.702 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:direct_connect:0.702:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | direct_connect | 0.703 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:direct_connect:0.703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | direct_connect | 0.704 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:direct_connect:0.704:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | direct_connect | 0.705 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:direct_connect:0.705:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | direct_connect | 0.706 | cpe:2.3:a:linux:direct_connect:0.706:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |