CVE-2007-4459
highpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.140 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Cisco 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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.1
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-4297Cisco IP Phone 7940 - 3 SIP Messages Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-4298Cisco IP Phone 7940 - 10 SIP Messages Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (7)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (20)
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- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065401.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065402.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26547enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3042enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018591enisa_euvd
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20070821-sip.shtmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/36695enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25378enisa_euvd
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