CVE-2014-4068 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Response Group Service in Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and 2013 and the Core Components in Lync Server 2013 do not properly handle exceptions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a crafted call, aka "Lync Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Published: 2014-09-10

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 31.1% 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync_server:2010:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync_server:2013:::::::*

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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 0.31146.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/09/09/assessing-risk-for-the-september-2014-security-updates.aspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69586
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030821
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-055
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95544

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Lync Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2014-09-10T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:04:28.186Z

Reserved: 2014-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-4068

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-09-10T01:55:09.513

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-4068

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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