CVE-2007-1542

Unspecified vulnerability in the Cisco IP Phone 7940 and 7960 running firmware before POS8-6-0...

5.0 MediumPublic exploit

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.

Exploit likelihood

9.47%Up 2.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Record: CVE-2007-1542
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2007-1542
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-1536 No score

Record: EUVD-2007-1536
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jf8q-7p9f-qqch No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the Cisco IP Phone 7940 and 7960 running firmware before POS8-6-0...

Record: GHSA-jf8q-7p9f-qqch
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Cisco Phone 7940/7960 - 'SIP INVITE' Remote Denial of Service	2007-03-20

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-1542 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Cisco 7940 Router, published March 20, 2007. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.47%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.