CVE-2008-3799

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-772

Description

Memory leak in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4, when VoIP is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and voice-service outage) via unspecified valid SIP messages.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: 12.2, 12.3, 12.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31990
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01562.shtml
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020939
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5927
http://secunia.com/advisories/31990
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01562.shtml
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020939
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5927

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