Cisco IP Phones Improper Input Validation (CVE-2008-4444)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 503156

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco Unified IP Phone (aka SIP phone) 7960G and 7940G with firmware P0S3-08-9-00 and possibly other versions before 8.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a Realtime Transport Protocol (RTP) packet with malformed headers.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 503156

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 4/11/2025

Updated: 4/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4444

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:unified_ip_phone_7940g, cpe:/h:cisco:unified_ip_phone_7960g

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4444

CWE: 20

Detections

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