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CVE-2008-0945

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0945 describes a format string vulnerability in the logging function of Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) Server versions 2.0.8.1 and earlier. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service by injecting format string specifiers into an IP address field, potentially leading to a daemon crash and other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 3.5, this vulnerability is of low severity, requiring authentication and moderate attack complexity to achieve a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:instant_messaging:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0688 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 1,637 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aluigi.altervista.org / adv/ipsimene-adv.txt
aluigi.org / poc/ipsimene.zip
secunia.com / advisories/28824
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3697
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487748/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27677