VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-0179

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability13.58%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-01-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

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

Primary references