Cisco IOS 12.3yt memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.3yt. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0580. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.3yt (Router Operating System) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the SIP implementation in Cisco IOS 12.3 and 12.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SIP message, aka Bug ID CSCsz48680, the "SIP Message Processing Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 03/25/2010 with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0580. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/03/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49054 (Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100324-sip)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43176 (Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100324-sip)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (49054), SecurityFocus (BID 38929†), SecurityTracker (ID 1023744†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25148†). The entries VDB-4115 and VDB-52368 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 49054
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100324-sip)
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02/10/2010 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0580 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0580
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52367
SecurityFocus: 38929 - Cisco IOS SIP Message (CVE-2010-0580) Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1023744
Vulnerability Center: 25148 - [cisco-sa-20100324-sip] Cisco IOS SIP Message Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 10:27
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (54), 02/22/2017 10:44 (9), 09/05/2021 18:22 (3), 09/05/2021 18:30 (1), 04/20/2025 00:42 (15), 05/03/2026 10:27 (1)
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