PT-2008-6325 · Microsoft · Ge Communicator

Published 2008-11-20 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5181

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Communicator (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application or device outage. This can be achieved by sending instant messages that contain a large number of emoticons.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5181

Affected Products

Ge Communicator

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5181 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46671 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021294 · Note
• http://voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=131 · Note