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CVE-2008-2218

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2218 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Multimedia PC Client component of Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MCS) versions prior to 3.5.8.3 and 4.0.25.3. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by flooding the client with extraneous messages, leading to a crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is considered medium severity due to its network attack vector and low complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. 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
<= 3.5.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nortel:multimedia_communications_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.0.25.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nortel:multimedia_communications_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

secunia.com / advisories/30038
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42115
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
securityfocus.com / bid/28994
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1404/references