CVE-2006-0179 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Cisco IP Phone 7940, where a remote attacker can force a device reboot by sending a high volume of TCP SYN packets (SYN flood) to any port, including port 80. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 87/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7940:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.