CVE-2013-3986
IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5.2 and 8.5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WebPlayer Firefox extension crash) via a…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 9.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5.2 and 8.5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (WebPlayer Firefox extension crash) via a crafted Audio Visual (AV) session.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- IBM Lotus Sametime WebPlayer DoS (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/dos/misc/ibm_sametime_webplayer_dosRank normaldisclosed 7 Nov 2013
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.3% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21654041 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- sametime-webplayer-cve20133986-dos(84969) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-3918 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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