CVE-2008-0945

high

Description

Format string vulnerability in the logging function in the IM Server (aka IMserve or IMserver) in Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) 2.0.8.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via format string specifiers in an IP address field.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27677

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

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3697

http://secunia.com/advisories/28824

http://aluigi.org/poc/ipsimene.zip

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ipsimene-adv.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-02-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00355