Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco IP Phone 7940
CVE-2007-5583
Key Information:
- Vendor
Cisco
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 18 December 2007
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What is CVE-2007-5583?
A vulnerability in the Cisco IP Phone 7940 with firmware P0S3-08-7-00 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition. This occurs through a series of SIP INVITE transactions where the Request-URI does not contain a user name. When exploited, this can lead to the device returning '486 Busy' responses or cause the device to reboot unexpectedly, disrupting VoIP services.

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Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
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EPSS Score
30% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.
Timeline
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Public PoC available
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Exploit known to exist
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved