CVE-2008-2218
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2215)
- Published
- May 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2215 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nortel / multimedia communications server
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30038(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=719698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28994
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019957
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1404/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42115
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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