TI-2006-00171 Aliases CVE-2006-0179 GHSA-v2w7-6h4p-24mg

The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via…

LOW 38CWE-119Published 2006-01-11 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.13576 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7940::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	Cisco

cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7940:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-0179
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v2w7-6h4p-24mg

References

Exploit 1

1411

Advisory 2

Other 1

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TI-2007-05367 Cisco IP Phone 7940 with firmware P0S3-08-7-00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2003-01013 The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation in multiple Cisco products including… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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