{"id":"CVE-2012-5445","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-5445","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:34.041Z","title":"The kernel in Cisco Native Unix (CNU) on Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 series devices (aka TNP phones) with software before 9.3.1-ES10 does not properly validate unspecified system calls, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial…","description":"The kernel in Cisco Native Unix (CNU) on Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 series devices (aka TNP phones) with software before 9.3.1-ES10 does not properly validate unspecified system calls, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory overwrite) via a crafted binary.","published":"2012-12-28T11:48:45.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:46:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["cisco/skinny client control protocol software","cisco/unified ip phone","cisco/unified ip phone 7906g"],"epss":{"score":0.004,"percentile":0.33975,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://events.ccc.de/congress/2012/Fahrplan/events/5400.en.html","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130109-uipphone","source":"psirt@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://events.ccc.de/congress/2012/Fahrplan/events/5400.en.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130109-uipphone","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5445","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."}