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CRITICAL KEV

Cisco IP Phones Web Server Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Apr 15, 2020 ·Due May 3, 2022

Description

A vulnerability in the web server for Cisco IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web server of a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remotely execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a DoS condition.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

References (3)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner cisco
Published Apr 15, 2020
Updated Oct 21, 2025
Reserved Dec 12, 2019
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Nov 8, 2024
NVD
Status Analyzed
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a