CVE-2008-5872

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the UNIStim File Transfer Protocol (UFTP) processing in IP Client Manager (IPCM) in Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MSC) 5100 3.0.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device outage) via a UFTP message that has a negative block size or other crafted Connection Details values.

Published: 2009-01-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5872 is rated Moderate Risk (59.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.92%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5872

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 2025-05-30 2.15% 1.92% -0.23%
2 2025-03-30 1.48% 2.15% +0.67%
3 2025-03-29 1.48%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5872

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5872

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5872

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nortel multimedia_communication_server_5100 3.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:nortel:multimedia_communication_server_5100:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5872

cvelogic Threat Intelligence