CVE-2008-5179

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad inespecifica en Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator, y Windows Live Messenger que permite a atacantes remotos producir una denegacion de servicio (caida) a traves de la manipulacion de paquetes de reporte de receptor del protocolo Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-11-20 CVE Reserved
2008-11-20 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32341	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021294	Vdb Entry
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=132	X_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46670	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Office Communications Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office Communications Server"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Office Communicator Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office Communicator"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Live Messenger Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Live Messenger"				*		-		Affected