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CVE-2005-2181

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2181 describes a vulnerability in Cisco 7940/7960 VoIP phones where improper validation of Call-ID, branch, and tag values in NOTIFY messages allows remote attackers to spoof messages, such as "Messages waiting." This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ip_phone_7940_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ip_phone_7960_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0119 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
Mailing List
pentest.tele-consulting.com / advisories/05_07_06_voip-phones.txt
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21260
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / alerts/2005/Jul/1014406.html
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry