CVE-2008-5179
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator,...
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator, and Windows Live Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) receiver report packet.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator, and Windows Live Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) receiver report packet.
- Record
CVE-2008-5179- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator, and Windows Live Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) receiver report packet.
- Record
CVE-2008-5179- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5157 No score
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator, and Windows Live Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) receiver report packet.
- Record
EUVD-2008-5157- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c493-6g8x-m92j No score
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator,...
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator, and Windows Live Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) receiver report packet.
- Record
GHSA-c493-6g8x-m92j- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-5179 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Microsoft Office Communications Server, published November 20, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.4%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.