CVE-2007-4788 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Content Switching Modules (CSM) 4.2 before 4.2.3a and CSM-S 2.1 before 2.1.2a. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending specific out-of-order TCP packets, leading to high CPU consumption or device reboots. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:content_switching_module_with_ssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:content_switching_modules:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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