Cisco Unified Communications Manager up to 15 SIP out-of-bounds write

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SIP Handler. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-20375. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component SIP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
A vulnerability in the SIP call processing function of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper parsing of SIP messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SIP message to an affected Cisco Unified CM or Cisco Unified CM SME device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition that interrupts the communications of reliant voice and video devices.
The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-20375 since 11/08/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/01/2025).
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 12.0(1)SU1
- 12.0(1)SU2
- 12.0(1)SU3
- 12.0(1)SU4
- 12.0(1)SU5
- 12.5(1)
- 12.5(1)SU1
- 12.5(1)SU2
- 12.5(1)SU3
- 12.5(1)SU4
- 12.5(1)SU5
- 12.5(1)SU6
- 12.5(1)SU7
- 12.5(1)SU7a
- 12.5(1)SU8
- 12.5(1)SU8a
- 14
- 14SU1
- 14SU2
- 14SU3
- 15
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8
VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 8.6
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-bounds writeCWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/08/2023 🔍08/21/2024 🔍
08/21/2024 🔍
08/01/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-cucm-dos-kkHq43We
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-20375 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20375
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275444
Entry
Created: 08/21/2024 19:57Updated: 08/01/2025 23:40
Changes: 08/21/2024 19:57 (65), 08/22/2024 16:13 (1), 08/01/2025 23:40 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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