CVE-2008-5872

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2009-01-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the UNIStim File Transfer Protocol (UFTP) processing in IP Client Manager (IPCM) in Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MSC) 5100 3.0.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device outage) via a UFTP message that has a negative block size or other crafted Connection Details values.

Affected products

Nortel Multimedia Communication Server 5100: 3.0.13

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32203
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=774845
http://voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=120
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31633
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2779
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45751
http://secunia.com/advisories/32203
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=774845
http://voipshield.com/research-details.php?id=120
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31633
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2779
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45751

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