CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5180

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2008-11-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2008-11-20
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-770

Description

Microsoft Communicator, and Communicator in Microsoft Office 2010 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of SIP INVITE requests, which trigger the creation of many sessions.

Affected configurations

• microsoft office communicator

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32940 Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12079 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39221 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021294 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=133 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46673 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7262 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32940 Broken Link
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12079 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39221 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021294 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=133 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46673 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7262 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry