CVE-2008-2218

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2008-2218 · Published 14/05/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-2218 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting multimedia communications server (nortel).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 79.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
multimedia communications server nortel	`≤ 3.5.8.3≤ 4.0.25.3`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/30038 · Vendor Advisory
support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp
securityfocus.com/bid/28994
securitytracker.com/id
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1404/references
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42115

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