CVE-2008-5179 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator, and Windows Live Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) receiver report packet.

Published: 2008-11-20

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 30.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communications_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communicator::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.30148.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32341
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021294
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=132
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46670

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Communications Server Office Communicator Windows Live Messenger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-20T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:17.275Z

Reserved: 2008-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5179

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-20T15:30:00.360

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5179

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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