{"id":"CVE-2007-1542","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-1542","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:50.064Z","title":"Unspecified vulnerability in the Cisco IP Phone 7940 and 7960 running firmware before POS8-6-0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the Remote-Party-ID sipURI field in a SIP INVITE request.","description":"Unspecified vulnerability in the Cisco IP Phone 7940 and 7960 running firmware before POS8-6-0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the Remote-Party-ID sipURI field in a SIP INVITE request. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.","published":"2007-03-20T22:19:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:37:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["cisco/7940 router","cisco/7960 router"],"epss":{"score":0.09471,"percentile":0.95398,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2007-03-20","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":3526,"kind":"exploit","title":"Cisco Phone 7940/7960 - 'SIP INVITE' Remote Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3526","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/dos/3526.pl","file":"exploits/hardware/dos/3526.pl","published":"2007-03-20","added":"2007-03-19","updated":"2017-06-22","author":"MADYNES","type":"dos","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-34312","CVE-2007-1542"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 9.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/24600","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a00808075ad.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23047","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017797","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1023","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33098","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/24600","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a00808075ad.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23047","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017797","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1023","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33098","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1542","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}