Cisco Unified Communications Products Denial of Service Vulnerability

published 2022-04-21 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-26054

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a kernel panic on an affected system, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of certain Cisco Discovery Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by continuously sending certain Cisco Discovery Protocol packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a kernel panic on the system that is running the affected software, resulting in a DoS condition.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2y ago (2024-11-06)

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.1	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucm-dos-zHS9X9kD
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-20804
NVD CVE-2022-20804

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