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CVE-2007-0479
Memory leak in the TCP listener in Cisco IOS 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, and 12.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Memory leak in the TCP listener in Cisco IOS 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, and 12.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending crafted TCP traffic to an IPv4 address on the IOS device.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- VU#217912 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- cisco-tcp-ipv4-dos(31716) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22208 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32093 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5080 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1017551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA07-024A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0329 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20070124 Crafted TCP Packet Can Cause Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0477 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-0479)Record last updated .