CVE-2008-0944

Instant Messaging vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

11.5%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Ipswitch

Affected product

Instant Messaging

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-189

Published

2008-02-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 11.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0944

Confirm whether Ipswitch Instant Messaging is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0944.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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