TI-2008-00907 Aliases CVE-2008-0944 GHSA-x56q-c56w-9j5v

Ipswitch Instant Messaging (IM) 2.0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a…

LOW 36CWE-189Published 2008-02-25 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.11543 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:instant_messaging:2.0.8.1:::::::*	2.0.8.1	Vulnerable	Ipswitch

cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:instant_messaging:2.0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.8.1 Vulnerable ·Ipswitch

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-0944
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x56q-c56w-9j5v

References

Exploit 1

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

Advisory 1

3697

TI-2008-00909 Directory traversal vulnerability in the IM Server (aka IMserve or IMserver) in Ipswitch… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9
TI-2008-00908 Format string vulnerability in the logging function in the IM Server (aka IMserve or… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.5

Sources

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