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$ cve CVE-2006-0179 JSON

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

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS13.58% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2006-01-11
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
ciscoip phone 7940

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbCisco IP Phone 7940 - Reboot (Denial of Service)2006-01-10

References

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