HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-6648

Telepresence Ce Software vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) of the Cisco TelePresence Codec (TC) and Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a TelePresence endpoint to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of flow-control mechanisms within the software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a flood of SIP INVITE packets to the affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to impact the availability of services and data of the device, including a complete DoS condition. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco TC and CE platforms when running software versions prior to TC 7.3.8 and CE 8.3.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCux94002.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Telepresence Ce Software
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-06-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-6648

  • Confirm whether Cisco Telepresence Ce Software is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-6648.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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