CVE-2008-0944

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-02-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0944 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.26%, 94th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0944

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31122 exploit_db edb 2008-02-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0944

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-12 11.38% 11.26% -0.12%
2 2025-06-03 8.71% 11.38% +2.67%
3 2025-04-16 — 8.71% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0944

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0944

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0944

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch instant_messaging 2.0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:instant_messaging:2.0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0944

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