Microsoft Skype for Business Denial of Service Vulnerability - CVE-2018-8546ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:49067 | Date: (C)2018-11-14 (M)2024-05-03 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Skype for Business. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause Skype for Business to stop responding. Note that the denial of service would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate the attacker's user rights. For an attack to be successful, this vulnerability requires that a user sends a number of emojis in the affected version of Skype for Business. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Skype for Business handles emojis.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Product: |
Microsoft Lync Basic 2013 |
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise |
Microsoft Office 2019 |
Skype for Business 2016 |
Microsoft Skype for Business Basic 2016 |