CVE-2020-3574 HIGH

CVE-2020-3574: Cisco IP Phone TCP Packet Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco IP Phones with Multiplatform Firmware
Weakness CWE-371
Published November 6, 2020
Last update November 13, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the TCP packet processing functionality of Cisco IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the phone to stop responding to incoming calls, drop connected calls, or unexpectedly reload. The vulnerability is due to insufficient TCP ingress packet rate limiting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high and sustained rate of crafted TCP traffic to the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impact operations of the phone or cause the phone to reload, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 6, 2020 CVE published
November 13, 2024 Record updated