CVE-2008-4999

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Nortel Networks UNIStim IP Phone 0604DAS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long ping packet ("ping of death"). NOTE: this issue could not be reproduced by a third party, who tested it on 0604DAD. In addition, the original researcher was not able to reliably reproduce the issue.

Affected products

Nortel Unistim Ip Phone: 0604das

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4568
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488782/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488801/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488803/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28004
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40993
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4568
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488782/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488801/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488803/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28004
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40993

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