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CVE-2008-5180
Microsoft Communicator, and Communicator in Microsoft Office 2010 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory…
Medium5.3EPSS 68.0%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 68.0% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- 7262 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- microsoft-communicator-invite-dos(46673) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1021294 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 12079 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- office-communicator-sip-dos(57581) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=133 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32940 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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