CVE-2008-0944

high

Description

Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) 2.0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a version field containing zero.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487748/100/200/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3697

http://secunia.com/advisories/28824

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-02-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02963