CVE-2008-3157

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Nortel SIP Multimedia PC Client 4.x MCS5100 and MCS5200 does not limit the number of concurrent sessions, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large number of sessions.

Affected products

Nortel Sip Multimedia Pc Client: 4.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30854
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738961
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020371
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=61
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1942/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43364
http://secunia.com/advisories/30854
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=738961
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020371
http://www.voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=61
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1942/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43364

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