CVE-2012-5044 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via VoIP traffic in Cisco IOS when media flow-around is disabled.
- 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-2012-5044?
CVE-2012-5044 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 23 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IOS before 15.3(1)T, when media flow-around is not used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (media loops and stack memory corruption) via VoIP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCub45809.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5044?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5044?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5044 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2012-5044 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5044 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-h7xg-v6r4-rfh3.