CVE-2006-0179

Cisco IP Phone 7940 - Reboot (Denial of Service)

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-01-11 CVE Reserved
2006-01-11 CVE Published
2023-04-17 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.osvdb.org/22469	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411	2024-08-07
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl	2024-08-07
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18479	2017-10-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtml	2017-10-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202	2017-10-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Ip Phone 7940 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Ip Phone 7940"				*		-		Affected