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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.