CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects Cisco. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 13.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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CVE
CVE-2006-0179
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
13.58%
Cisco
Original NVD Description
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.