CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-2218

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2008-05-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-05-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Multimedia PC Client in Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MCS) before Maintenance Release 3.5.8.3 and 4.0.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of "extraneous" messages, as demonstrated by the Nessus "Generic flood" denial of service plugin.

Affected configurations

• nortel multimedia communications server (<= 3.5.8.3) • nortel multimedia communications server (<= 4.0.25.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References