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CVE-2020-3161

critical · 9.8Actively exploited

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Added 2021-11-03Remediation due 2022-05-03

A vulnerability in the web server for Cisco IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web server of a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remotely execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a DoS condition.

9.8
CVSS
83.9%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2020-04-15
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ciscoip_phone_8865_firmware10.3(1)es14
ciscoip_phone_8865_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_8865_firmware11.0(5)sr1
ciscoip_phone_8865all versions
ciscoip_phone_8851_firmware10.3(1)es14
ciscoip_phone_8851_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_8851_firmware11.0(5)sr1
ciscoip_phone_8851all versions
ciscoip_phone_7841_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_7841all versions
ciscoip_phone_7821_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_7821all versions
ciscoip_phone_8811_firmware10.3(1)es14
ciscoip_phone_8811_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_8811_firmware11.0(5)sr1
ciscoip_phone_8811all versions
ciscoip_phone_8861_firmware10.3(1)es14
ciscoip_phone_8861_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_8861_firmware11.0(5)sr1
ciscoip_phone_8861all versions
ciscoip_phone_8845_firmware10.3(1)es14
ciscoip_phone_8845_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_8845_firmware11.0(5)sr1
ciscoip_phone_8845all versions
ciscoip_phone_7861_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_7861all versions
ciscoip_phone_8841_firmware10.3(1)es14
ciscoip_phone_8841_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_8841_firmware11.0(5)sr1
ciscoip_phone_8841all versions
ciscoip_phone_7811_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_7811all versions
ciscoip_phone_8821_firmware10.3(1)es14
ciscoip_phone_8821_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_8821_firmware11.0(5)sr1
ciscoip_phone_8821all versions
ciscoip_phone_8821-ex_firmware10.3(1)es14
ciscoip_phone_8821-ex_firmware11.0(1)
ciscoip_phone_8821-ex_firmware11.0(5)sr1
ciscoip_phone_8821-exall versions

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References

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