CVE-2008-4999

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40993

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28004

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488803/100/100/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488801/100/100/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488782/100/100/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4568

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

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: 0.11155