CVE-2008-3157

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2008-3157 · Published 11/07/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-3157 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting sip multimedia pc client (nortel).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sip multimedia pc client nortel	`= 4.0`	No fix yet

Description

Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.x MCS5100 and MCS5200 does not limit the number of concurrent sessions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large number of sessions.

References

secunia.com/advisories/30854 · Vendor Advisory
support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp
securitytracker.com/id
voipshield.com/research-details.php
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1942/references
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43364

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