CVE-2021-1379 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-1379: Cisco IP Phones Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link Layer Discovery Protocol Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco IP Phones with Multiplatform Firmware
Weakness CWE-120
Published November 18, 2024
Last update November 18, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) implementations for Cisco IP Phone Series 68xx/78xx/88xx could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute code remotely or cause a reload of an affected IP phone. These vulnerabilities are due to missing checks when the IP phone processes a Cisco Discovery Protocol or LLDP packet. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol or LLDP packet to the targeted IP phone. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code on the affected IP phone or cause it to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 18, 2024 CVE published
November 18, 2024 Record updated