CVE-2006-0179 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.6% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 13.58% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-01-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cisco | ip phone 7940 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Cisco IP Phone 7940 - Reboot (Denial of Service) | 2006-01-10 |
References
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18479
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtml
- http://www.osvdb.org/22469
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18479
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtml
- http://www.osvdb.org/22469
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411
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