CVE-2008-4999

Nortel UNIStim IP Phone 0604DAS - Denial of Service via Long Ping Packet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-4999. PoCs published by sipherr.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in Nortel UNIStim IP Phone products by sending an oversized ICMP packet (ping -s 65500) to crash the target device. The vulnerability stems from improper handling of unexpected network datagrams.

Description

Nortel Networks UNIStim IP Phone 0604DAS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long ping packet ("ping of death"). NOTE: this issue could not be reproduced by a third party, who tested it on 0604DAD. In addition, the original researcher was not able to reliably reproduce the issue.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by sipherr · textdoshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31306

This exploit demonstrates a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in Nortel UNIStim IP Phone products by sending an oversized ICMP packet (ping -s 65500) to crash the target device. The vulnerability stems from improper handling of unexpected network datagrams.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Nortel UNIStim IP Phone (firmware 0604DAS and other versions)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target device · Ability to send ICMP packets to the target
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40993
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4568
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488803/100/100/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488782/100/100/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28004
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488801/100/100/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0383
EPSS Percentile 88.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
nortel/unistim_ip_phone 0604das
Published Nov 07, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026