Resource exhaustion in Microsoft Office Communicator
CVE-2008-5180
Microsoft Communicator, and Communicator in Microsoft Office 2010 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of SIP INVITE requests, which trigger the creation of many sessions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.680 (99.3th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.680 · newest: 0.680 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7262 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/39221 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46673 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12079 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57581 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.voipshield.com/research-details.php (Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/32940 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-5180?
- CVE-2008-5180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communicator, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2008-11-20.
- How severe is CVE-2008-5180?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.