CVE-2013-5532 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 11 Oct 2013 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco 9900 IP phones by sending long values to the web interface.

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-2013-5532?

CVE-2013-5532 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the web-application interface on Cisco 9900 IP phones allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (webapp interface outage) via long values in unspecified fields, aka Bug ID CSCuh10343.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5532?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Cisco Unified Ip Phone 9951, Cisco Unified Ip Phone 9971, Cisco Unified Ip Phones 9900 Series Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5532?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5532 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-2013-5532 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5532 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j8qg-cr8g-jxjq.