CVE-2008-2218: nortel multimedia_communications_server

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-2218 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in nortel multimedia_communications_server. EPSS estimates a 1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-05-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.