CVE-2019-1721 HIGH

CVE-2019-1721: Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS)
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published April 18, 2019
Last update November 21, 2024

CVSS base score

7.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the phone book feature of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the CPU to increase to 100% utilization, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of the XML input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message with a crafted XML payload to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust CPU resources, resulting in a DoS condition. Manual intervention may be required to recover the device. This vulnerability is fixed in Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Releases X12.5.1 and later.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 18, 2019 CVE published
November 21, 2024 Record updated