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TI-2008-04932 Aliases CVE-2008-5181GHSA-qrgc-cxrg-xq24

Microsoft Communicator allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application…

Priority LOW 37CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Microsoft Communicator allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application or device outage) via instant messages containing large numbers of emoticons.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.12656 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5181
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qrgc-cxrg-xq24

References

Other 1

  • TI-2008-04931 Microsoft Communicator, and Communicator in Microsoft Office 2010 beta, allows remote… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2013-01140 Microsoft Communicator 2007 R2, Lync 2010, Lync 2010 Attendee, and Lync Server 2013 do… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2008-02936 Microsoft Crypto API 5.131.2600.2180 through 6.0, as used in Outlook, Windows Live Mail… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2012-02194 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft InfoPath 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2012-01642 The toStaticHTML API (aka the SafeHTML component) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and 9… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2008-04930 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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