CVE-2006-0179 | Cisco IP Phone 7940/7960 TCP SYN memory corruption (EDB-1411 / XFDB-24117)
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco IP Phone 7940/7960. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component TCP SYN Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0179. The attack can be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.