CVE-2007-0479

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-01-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in the TCP listener in Cisco IOS 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, and 12.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending crafted TCP traffic to an IPv4 address on the IOS device.

Affected products

Cisco Ios Transmission Control Protocol: 12, 12.0da, 12.0db, 12.0dc, 12.0s, 12.0sc (+247)

References

http://osvdb.org/32093
http://secunia.com/advisories/23867
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017551
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a00807cb0e4.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/217912
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22208
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-024A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0329
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31716
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5080
http://osvdb.org/32093
http://secunia.com/advisories/23867

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