CVE-2008-2218

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Multimedia PC Client in Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MCS) before Maintenance Release 3.5.8.3 and 4.0.25.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of "extraneous" messages, as demonstrated by the Nessus "Generic flood" denial of service plugin.

Affected products

Nortel Multimedia Communications Server: through 3.5.8.3; through 4.0.25.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30038
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=719698
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28994
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019957
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1404/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42115
http://secunia.com/advisories/30038
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=719698
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28994
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019957
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1404/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42115

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