Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-5181

Description

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

Affected products

Microsoft/Office Communicator
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communicator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Communicatorllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.voipshield.com/research-details.phpnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46671nvd

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