CVE-2018-0325
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call-handling functionality of Cisco IP Phone 7800 Series phones and Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected phone. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of SIP Session Description Protocol (SDP) parameters by the SDP parser of an affected phone. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed SIP packet to an affected phone. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause all active phone calls on the affected phone to be dropped while the SIP process on the phone unexpectedly restarts, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf40066.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco IP Phone 7800 Series cisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - FixedCisco IP Phone 8800 Series Softwarecisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
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 · 5–7.5
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (7)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- n/a Cisco IP Phone 7800 Series and 8800 Series≤ Cisco IP Phone 7800 Series and 8800 Seriesenisa_euvdEU
- cisco ip phone 7800 firmware< 12.1\(1.12\)nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:ip_phone_7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco ip phone 7800 firmware< 12.1\(1\)mn130nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:ip_phone_7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- cisco-sa-20180516-ip-phone-dosCisco IP Phone 7800 Series and 8800 Series and Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821 Denial of Service Vulnerability2018-05-16csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call-handling functionality of Cisco IP Phone 7800 Series, IP Phone 8800 Series, and Wireless IP Phone 8821 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected phone. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of SIP Session Description Protocol (SDP) parameters by the SDP parser of an affected phone. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed SIP packet to an affected phone. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause all active phone calls on the affected phone to be dropped while the SIP process on the phone unexpectedly restarts, resulting in a DoS condition. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180516-ip-phone-dos ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180516-ip-phone-dos"]
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040927cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180516-ip-phone-doscnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104202cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104202enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040927enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180516-ip-phone-dosenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104202Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040927Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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