CVE-2008-4776
libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers a buffer over-read.
02 Description
libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers a buffer over-read.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-28 19:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-28
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4c20d096c17abf80cedbefb2872f13142c8084d0460d44fd9eaa39b161d12eec
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.ziew.org[libgadu-devel] 20081024 libgadu 1.8.2http://lists.ziew.org/pipermail/libgadu-devel/2008-October/000331.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1664http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:023http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-692-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-692-1
- www.securityfocus.com31951http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31951
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibgadu-contactdescription-bo(46158)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46158
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468830
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libgadu Fixed in 1:1.8.0+r592-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libgadu Fixed in 1:1.8.0+r592-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libgadu Fixed in 1:1.8.0+r592-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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