01 Record

CVE-2008-0531

Heap-based buffer overflow in Cisco Unified IP Phone 7940, 7940G, 7960, and 7960G running SIP firmware might allow remote SIP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted challenge/response

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Cisco Unified IP Phone 7940, 7940G, 7960, and 7960G running SIP firmware might allow remote SIP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted challenge/response

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 86.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-02-15 01:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 07:46Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-01-31

Assigning CNA

cisco

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b0c946d05d18be03efab7c32ba1cd7a9bf737c474939e5fee0644e1ad2a24854

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

ciscosession_initiation_protocol_(sip)_firmwareNot specified—

ciscoskinny_client_control_protocol_(sccp)_firmwareNot specified—

ciscounified_ip_phoneNot specified—

06 References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcisco-unifiedipphone-sipproxy-bo(40498)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40498vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.cisco.com20080213 Cisco Unified IP Phone Overflow and Denial of Service Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080949c7a.shtmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
www.securitytracker.com1019411http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019411vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com27774http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27774vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.vupen.comADV-2008-0543http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0543vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com28935http://secunia.com/advisories/28935third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA