CVE-2008-5180

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: November 20, 2008 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOffice Communicator

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 68%
SSVC
PoC

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (8)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32940
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12079
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39221
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021294
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46673
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57581
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7262

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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