# CVE-2017-3825: Denial of service in Cisco TelePresence

> Remote attackers can cause Cisco TelePresence endpoints to reload and drop calls by sending crafted ICMP packets due to insufficient input validation.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 May 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gph7-6885-3fm2

## What is CVE-2017-3825?

CVE-2017-3825 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence, published on 16 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the ICMP ingress packet processing of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the TelePresence endpoint to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation for the size of a received ICMP packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted ICMP packet to the local IP address of the targeted endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS of the TelePresence endpoint, during which time calls could be dropped. This vulnerability would affect either IPv4 or IPv6 ICMP traffic. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco TelePresence products when running software release CE8.1.1, CE8.2.0, CE8.2.1, CE8.2.2, CE 8.3.0, or CE8.3.1: Spark Room OS, TelePresence DX Series, TelePresence MX Series, TelePresence SX Quick Set Series, TelePresence SX Series. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb95396.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3825?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Telepresence Ce, Cisco Telepresence Tc.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3825?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3825 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3825 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3825 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence

- [CVE-2019-1878](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1878/): Cisco TelePresence Endpoint Command Shell Injection Vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3825 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3825 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence, published on 16 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3825 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco TelePresence. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3825/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3825/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3825
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3825
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3825

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3825/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.