CVE-2007-4459

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4459
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-21 21:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCisco IP Phone 7940 and 7960 with P0S3-08-6-00 firmware, and other SIP firmware before 8.7(0), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) via (1) a certain sequence of 10 invalid SIP INVITE and OPTIONS messages; or (2) a certain invalid SIP INVITE message that contains a remote tag, followed by a certain set of two related SIP OPTIONS messages.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Voip Phone Cp-7940 3.0 p0s3-08-6-00_firmware All All
Hardware Cisco Voip Phone Cp-7940 3.1 p0s3-08-6-00_firmware All All
Hardware Cisco Voip Phone Cp-7940 3.2 p0s3-08-6-00_firmware All All
Hardware Cisco Voip Phone Cp-7940 8.6 p0s3-08-6-00_firmware All All
Hardware Cisco Voip Phone Cp-7940 All p0s3-08-6-00_firmware All All
Hardware Cisco Voip Phone Cp-7960 All p0s3-08-6-00_firmware All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/36695 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Cisco 7940/7960 IP Phones Can Be Crashed By Remote Users af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco 7940/7960 Phones SIP Message Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
3 messsages attack remote DOS on Cisco 7940 - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Cisco IP Phone 7940/7960 SIP Message Sequence Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Cisco - Networking, Cloud, and Cybersecurity Solutions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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