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medium 5.0

CVE-2006-0179 json

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…

published 2006-01-11 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0187

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.6%
EPSS 13.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1411)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1411 Cisco IP Phone 7940 - Reboot (Denial of Service) dos, 2006-01-10
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • downloads.securityfocus.com http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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