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Microsoft Skype for Business CVE-2018-8546 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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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.

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Microsoft Lync 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
Skype for Business 2016 (32-bit)
Skype for Business 2016 Basic (32-bit)
Microsoft Lync 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
Microsoft Lync Basic 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
Skype for Business 2016 Basic (64-bit)
Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
Office 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
Skype for Business 2016 (64-bit)
Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems
Microsoft Lync Basic 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)

CVE References

CVE-2018-8546

Other References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8546
ID 55624
Created Nov 13, 2018
Description
Updated		 Dec 21, 2023
Risk black-background-circle-icon black-background-circle-icon black-background-circle-icon lightgray-background-circle-icon lightgray-background-circle-icon
Coverage FortiClient
OS Windows
Vendor Microsoft
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Application Microsoft Lync 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit) , Skype for Business 2016 (32-bit) , Skype for Business 2016 Basic (32-bit) , Microsoft Lync 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit) , Microsoft Lync Basic 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit) , Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions , Skype for Business 2016 Basic (64-bit) , Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions , Office 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems , Skype for Business 2016 (64-bit) , Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems , Microsoft Lync Basic 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)