CVE-2008-5179 is an unspecified vulnerability impacting Microsoft Office Communications Server, Office Communicator, and Windows Live Messenger. It allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) receiver report packet, causing the affected application to crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, though it only results in availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communications_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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