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CVE-2008-4999

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4999 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Nortel Networks UNIStim IP Phones, specifically the 0604DAS model, where a remote attacker can crash the device using an oversized ping packet. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a complete impact on availability. While an ExploitDB entry exists, the issue's reproducibility has been questioned by third parties and the original researcher, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0604dasCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:nortel:unistim_ip_phone:0604das:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31306 · Feb 26, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0383 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/4568
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/40993
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488782/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488801/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488803/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28004