CVE-2013-3980

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Published 2014-05-26 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The Meeting Server in IBM Sametime 8.x through 8.5.2.1 and 9.x through 9.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (room unusability) by generating a large number of fictitious users to enter a meeting room.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ibm	sametime	`8.0.0.0`
ibm	sametime	`8.0.1.0`
ibm	sametime	`8.0.1.1`
ibm	sametime	`8.0.2.0`
ibm	sametime	`8.0.2.1`
ibm	sametime	`8.5.0.0`
ibm	sametime	`8.5.1.0`
ibm	sametime	`8.5.1.1`
ibm	sametime	`8.5.2.0`
ibm	sametime	`8.5.2.1`
ibm	sametime	`9.0.0.0`
ibm	sametime	`9.0.0.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.