CVE-2008-4444

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Cisco Unified IP Phone (aka SIP phone) 7960G and 7940G with firmware P0S3-08-9-00 and possibly other versions before 8.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reboot) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a Realtime Transport Protocol (RTP) packet with malformed headers.

Affected products

Cisco Unified Ip Phone 7940G: all versions
Cisco Unified Ip Phone 7960G: all versions

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4917
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cuipph/7960g_7940g/firmware/sip/8_10/english/release/notes/796040sip_810.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500059/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33264
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47948
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4917
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cuipph/7960g_7940g/firmware/sip/8_10/english/release/notes/796040sip_810.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500059/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33264
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47948

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