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CVE-2010-0579

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0579 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS versions 12.3 and 12.4's SIP implementation. Remote attackers can trigger a device reload by sending a specially crafted SIP message. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and resulting in complete system unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.3jkCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3jk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3tCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3xdCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3xd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3xfCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3xf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3xgCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.3xg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/39068
securitytracker.com / id
tools.cisco.com / security/center/viewAlert.x
PatchVendor Advisory
cisco.com / en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080b20f32.shtml
PatchVendor Advisory