CVE-2010-2838 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco Unified Communications Manager by sending a malformed SIP REGISTER message.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-2838?
CVE-2010-2838 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 26 Aug 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SendCombinedStatusInfo implementation in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka CUCM, formerly CallManager) 7.0SU before 7.0(2a)SU3, 7.1 before 7.1(5), and 8.0 before 8.0(3) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process failure) via a malformed SIP REGISTER message, aka Bug ID CSCtf66305.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2838?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2838?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-2838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- CVE-2026-20230 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- CVE-2026-20045 Cisco Unified Communications Products Code Injection
- CVE-2025-20309 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Static SSH Credentials Vulnerability
- CVE-2011-1643 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2024-20253 Deserialization in Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f34g-hcmw-4g52.