Memory corruption in Cisco Small Business SPA51x Series IP Phones
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A vulnerability in the implementation of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) functionality in Cisco Small Business SPA51x Series IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to become unresponsive, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to the improper handling of SIP request messages by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed SIP messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to become unresponsive, resulting in a DoS condition that persists until the device is restarted manually. This vulnerability affects Cisco Small Business SPA51x Series IP Phones that are running Cisco SPA51x Firmware Release 7.6.2SR1 or earlier. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc63982.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Cisco Small Business SPA51x Series IP Phones | Cisco Small Business SPA51x Series IP Phones | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Small Business SPA51x Series IP Phones Vendor— Affected Cisco Small Business SPA51x Series IP Phones Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12259
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g746-47q2-f2cr
References
More Cisco Small Business Ip Phone Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-00319 Cisco Small Business IP phones with SPA 500 series firmware 7.4.9 and earlier do not… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2017-12259 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-12259 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g746-47q2-f2cr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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