CVE-2008-0944

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) 2.0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a version field containing zero.

Affected products

Ipswitch Instant Messaging: 2.0.8.1

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ipsimene-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/28824
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3697
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487748/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27677
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ipsimene-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/28824
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3697
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487748/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27677

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