CVE-2008-3799 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Cisco IOS

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeCWE-3994 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Cisco IOS
Timeline
PublishedSep 26
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Memory leak in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4, when VoIP is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and voice-service outage) via unspecified valid SIP messages.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDcisco/ios12.2, 12.3, 12.4+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c2cp-r782-35vp: Memory leak in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation in Cisco IOS 12↗2022-05-02
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CVEList
CVE-2008-3799: Memory leak in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation in Cisco IOS 12↗2008-09-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Multiple Cisco IOS Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities↗2008-09-24
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CVE-2008-3799 — Cisco IOS vulnerability | cvebase