Cisco Security Advisory - Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series Cisco Discovery Protocol Stack Overflow Vulnerability

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Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series Cisco Discovery Protocol Stack Overflow Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol processing feature of Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series firmware could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a stack overflow on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of received Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a stack overflow, resulting in possible remote code execution or a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is available at the following link:
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ipp-oobwrite-8cMF5r7U

     
         
Security Impact Rating:  High
   
   
       
CVE: CVE-2022-20968
Source: Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series Cisco Discovery Protocol Stack Overflow Vulnerability