Buffer overflow in IBM Lotus Sametime

CVE-2013-3986

IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5.2 and 8.5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WebPlayer Firefox extension crash) via a crafted Audio Visual (AV) session.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.093 (95.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2013-3986: held from 0.093 to 0.093.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.093 · newest: 0.093 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-3986?
CVE-2013-3986 is a vulnerability in IBM Lotus Sametime, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-11-08.
Is CVE-2013-3986 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.