CVE-2006-0179
The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large...
The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.
- Record
CVE-2006-0179- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.
- Record
CVE-2006-0179- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-0187 No score
The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.
- Record
EUVD-2006-0187- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v2w7-6h4p-24mg No score
The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large...
The Cisco IP Phone 7940 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a large amount of TCP SYN packets (syn flood) to arbitrary ports, as demonstrated to port 80.
- Record
GHSA-v2w7-6h4p-24mg- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Cisco IP Phone 7940 - Reboot (Denial of Service) | 2006-01-10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-0179 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Cisco Ip Phone 7940, published January 11, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.6%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.