MEDIUM
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
Published Jan 11, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 13.58%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
13.58% 0.13576
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.13576
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 13.58% (0.13576) | 96.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.27% (0.13273) | 95.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 12.33% (0.12330) | 93.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 24, 2025 | 15.78% (0.15783) | 94.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 2, 2025 | 12.26% (0.12260) | 93.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.58% (0.10577) | 92.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 18, 2024 | 2.25% (0.02247) | 89.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2023 | 3.62% (0.03622) | 90.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2023 | 2.20% (0.02198) | 87.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.20% (0.02203) | 87.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 88.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18479 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitPatch
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/22469 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/cisco_ip7940_dos.pl | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18479 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015488 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitPatch | |
| http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-response-20060113-ip-phones.shtml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/22469 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16200 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0202 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24117 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1411 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 11, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 11, 2006
Link CVE-2006-0179
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a