CVE-2022-20968

Adjacent code execution via malformed discovery packets

Published Dec 8, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024

Stack overflow in Cisco SIP phone firmware 14.2 and earlier allows attackers to execute code or interrupt service via crafted CDP packets. The Cisco Discovery Protocol processing feature insufficiently validates received packets before handling them, allowing attacker-controlled data to overflow the stack. Exploitation requires Layer 2 adjacency and no authentication or user action; success can execute code or interrupt service on the affected phone.

CVSS severity8.1
High
EPSS probability6.10%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stack overflow in Cisco SIP phone firmware 14.2 and earlier allows attackers to execute code or interrupt service via crafted CDP packets. The Cisco Discovery Protocol processing feature insufficiently validates received packets before handling them, allowing attacker-controlled data to overflow the stack. Exploitation requires Layer 2 adjacency and no authentication or user action; success can execute code or interrupt service on the affected phone.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-20968
Published
Dec 8, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Vendor
ClamAV
Product
Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software
Classifications
CWE-787, T1499.004
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 8, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.1(1.9)
  2. Affected versionversion=10.1(1)SR1
  3. Affected versionversion=10.1(1)SR2
  4. Affected versionversion=10.2(1)
  5. Affected versionversion=10.2(1)SR1
  6. Affected versionversion=10.2(2)
  7. Affected versionversion=10.3(1)
  8. Affected versionversion=10.3(1.11) 3rd Party
  9. Affected versionversion=10.3(1.9) 3rd Party
  10. Affected versionversion=10.3(1)SR1
  11. Affected versionversion=10.3(1)SR2
  12. Affected versionversion=10.3(1)SR3
  13. Affected versionversion=10.3(1)SR4
  14. Affected versionversion=10.3(1)SR4b
  15. Affected versionversion=10.3(1)SR5
  16. Affected versionversion=10.3(1)SR6
  17. Affected versionversion=10.3(1)SR7
  18. Affected versionversion=10.3(2)
  19. Affected versionversion=10.4(1) 3rd Party
  20. Affected versionversion=10.4(1)SR2 3rd Party
  21. Affected versionversion=11.0(0.7) MPP
  22. Affected versionversion=11.0(1)
  23. Affected versionversion=11.0(1) MPP
  24. Affected versionversion=11-0-1MSR1-1
  25. Affected versionversion=11.5(1)
  26. Affected versionversion=11.5(1)SR1
  27. Affected versionversion=11.7(1)
  28. Affected versionversion=12.0(1)
  29. Affected versionversion=12.0(1)SR1
  30. Affected versionversion=12.0(1)SR2
  31. Affected versionversion=12.0(1)SR3
  32. Affected versionversion=12.1(1)
  33. Affected versionversion=12.1(1)SR1
  34. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)
  35. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)SR1
  36. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)SR2
  37. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)SR3
  38. Affected versionversion=12.6(1)
  39. Affected versionversion=12.6(1)SR1
  40. Affected versionversion=12.7(1)
  41. Affected versionversion=12.7(1)SR1
  42. Affected versionversion=12.8(1)
  43. Affected versionversion=12.8(1)SR1
  44. Affected versionversion=12.8(1)SR2
  45. Affected versionversion=14.0(1)
  46. Affected versionversion=14.0(1)SR1
  47. Affected versionversion=14.0(1)SR2
  48. Affected versionversion=14.0(1)SR3
  49. Affected versionversion=14.1(1)
  50. Affected versionversion=14.1(1)SR1
  51. Affected versionversion=9.3(4) 3rd Party
  52. Affected versionversion=9.3(4)SR1 3rd Party
  53. Affected versionversion=9.3(4)SR2 3rd Party
  54. Affected versionversion=9.3(4)SR3 3rd Party

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

ClamAV · Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Softwareversion=10.1(1.9); version=10.1(1)SR1; version=10.1(1)SR2; version=10.2(1); version=10.2(1)SR1; version=10.2(2); version=10.3(1); version=10.3(1.11) 3rd Party; version=10.3(1.9) 3rd Party; version=10.3(1)SR1; version=10.3(1)SR2; version=10.3(1)SR3; version=10.3(1)SR4; version=10.3(1)SR4b; version=10.3(1)SR5; version=10.3(1)SR6; version=10.3(1)SR7; version=10.3(2); version=10.4(1) 3rd Party; version=10.4(1)SR2 3rd Party; version=11.0(0.7) MPP; version=11.0(1); version=11.0(1) MPP; version=11-0-1MSR1-1; version=11.5(1); version=11.5(1)SR1; version=11.7(1); version=12.0(1); version=12.0(1)SR1; version=12.0(1)SR2; version=12.0(1)SR3; version=12.1(1); version=12.1(1)SR1; version=12.5(1); version=12.5(1)SR1; version=12.5(1)SR2; version=12.5(1)SR3; version=12.6(1); version=12.6(1)SR1; version=12.7(1); version=12.7(1)SR1; version=12.8(1); version=12.8(1)SR1; version=12.8(1)SR2; version=14.0(1); version=14.0(1)SR1; version=14.0(1)SR2; version=14.0(1)SR3; version=14.1(1); version=14.1(1)SR1; version=9.3(4) 3rd Party; version=9.3(4)SR1 3rd Party; version=9.3(4)SR2 3rd Party; version=9.3(4)SR3 3rd Party

Published CVSS scores

8.1Cisco PSIRTCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:X

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
T1499.004Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation

Public exploit references

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