CVE-2008-5181

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
18.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: November 20, 2008 (6384 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Communicator allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application or device outage) via instant messages containing large numbers of emoticons.

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

microsoft office communicator

References

🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.voipshield.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.voipshield.com