CVE-2025-20165Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Cisco Broadworks Network Server

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.1%
top 13.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 22

Description

A vulnerability in the SIP processing subsystem of Cisco BroadWorks could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to halt the processing of incoming SIP requests, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper memory handling for certain SIP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high number of SIP requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust the memory that was allocated to the C

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5cisco/cisco_broadworks2699 versions+2698

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
Cisco BroadWorks SIP Denial of Service Vulnerability2025-01-22
GHSA
GHSA-gxvq-f5q4-6g92: A vulnerability in the SIP processing subsystem of Cisco BroadWorks could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to halt the processing of incoming2025-01-22

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco BroadWorks SIP Denial of Service Vulnerability2025-01-22
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