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CVE-2014-4068

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-09-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Response Group Service in Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and 2013 and the Core Components in Lync Server 2013 do not properly handle exceptions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a crafted call, aka "Lync Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Lync Server: 2010, 2013

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/09/09/assessing-risk-for-the-september-2014-security-updates.aspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69586
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030821
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-055
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95544
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/09/09/assessing-risk-for-the-september-2014-security-updates.aspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69586
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030821
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-055
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95544

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