Cisco IP Phone 6800/IP Phone 7800/IP Phone 8800 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IP Phone 6800, IP Phone 7800 and IP Phone 8800. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-20079. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IP Phone 6800, IP Phone 7800 and IP Phone 8800 (IP Phone Software) (unknown version) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was presented 03/01/2023 as cisco-sa-ip-phone-cmd-inj-KMFynVcP. It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-20079 since 10/27/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-24258). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/27/2022 🔍
03/01/2023 +125 days 🔍
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08/21/2025 +904 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-ip-phone-cmd-inj-KMFynVcP
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-20079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-222143
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/01/2023 22:06
Updated: 08/21/2025 15:05
Changes: 03/01/2023 22:06 (38), 03/30/2023 10:34 (1), 08/21/2025 15:05 (16)
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