CVE-2025-20165
A vulnerability in the SIP processing subsystem of Cisco BroadWorks could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to halt the processing of incoming SIP requests, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper memory handling for certain SIP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high number of SIP requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust the memory that was allocated to the Cisco BroadWorks Network Servers that handle SIP traffic. If no memory is available, the Network Servers can no longer process incoming requests, resulting in a DoS condition that requires manual intervention to recover.
EPSS 3.06% · 87.0th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cisco | broadworks_network_server | 0 |
| Cisco | Cisco BroadWorks | RI.2021.02, 23.0 ap380391, 23.0 ap380396 |
Exploit Intelligence
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-20165 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-20165 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-20165 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-20165 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-20165 (circl-sighting)
- cisco-sa-bw-sip-dos-mSySbrmt (circl)
- ClamAV blog (circl)
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-ole2-H549rphA (circl)
Timeline
- Oct 10, 2024 CVE ID Reserved
- Jan 22, 2025 PoC Published
- Jan 22, 2025 CVE Published
- Jan 22, 2025 PoC Published
- Jan 22, 2025 PoC Published
- Jan 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jan 23, 2025 PoC Published
- Jan 23, 2025 PoC Published
- Feb 7, 2025 EPSS Score
- Feb 16, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Feb 18, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Feb 18, 2025 CVE Updated
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cmm-privesc-uy2Vf8pc advisory
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-ole2-H549rphA advisory
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bw-sip-dos-mSySbrmt advisory
- ClamAV blog url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20165 advisory