CVE-2008-5181

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Microsoft Communicator allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application or device outage) via instant messages containing large numbers of emoticons.

Microsoft Communicator allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application or device outage) via instant messages containing large numbers of emoticons.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-11-20 15:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-08 01:33:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Office Communicator

References

1021294

http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=131

microsoft-communicator-emoticon-dos(46671)

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