CVE-2007-5636 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in the Nortel UNIStim IP Softphone 2050 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a flood of invalid characters to the RTCP port (5678/udp) that triggers a Windows error message, aka "extraneous messaging."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.21751.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nortel:ip_softphone_2050:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Nortel Subscribe	Ip Softphone 2050 Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/38521
http://secunia.com/advisories/27252
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3271
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=655203
http://www.csnc.ch/static/advisory/csnc/nortel_UNIStim_IP_softphone_buffer-overflow_v1.0.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482476/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26118
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3540
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37256

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.17818}`	epss `{'score': 0.25118}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-23T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:39:13.731Z

Reserved: 2007-10-23T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5636

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-10-23T17:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5636

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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