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CVE-2016-1421

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1421 describes a critical vulnerability in the web application of Cisco IP Phones, including the 8800 series firmware. This flaw, a buffer overflow (CWE-119), allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges or trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ip_phone_8800_series_firmware:11.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0412 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (7)

boschvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
maxkbvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
nxpvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
openfirevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
openstackvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
opnsensevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (6)

maxkbllm-maxkb-50664f459b409fbcCRITICAL

Cisco IP Phones Web Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Apr 15, 2020
openstackllm-openstack-6375a823fa4bced3CRITICAL

Cisco IP Phones Web Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Apr 15, 2020
nxpllm-nxp-5f5d6f1b7cffed8fCRITICAL

Cisco IP Phones Web Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Apr 15, 2020
boschllm-bosch-2fb3204db65e6112CRITICAL

Cisco IP Phones Web Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Apr 15, 2020
opnsensellm-opnsense-d97b12d2852b6c52CRITICAL

Cisco IP Phones Web Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Apr 15, 2020
openfirellm-openfire-35e35210f852cc7eCRITICAL

Cisco IP Phones Web Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Apr 15, 2020

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160609-ipp
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2020-24
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160609-ipp
Vendor Advisory