CVE-2020-3111

Cisco IP Phone Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 5, 2020 at 05:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:17 AM UTC
55 products affected across 1 vendorIP Phone 8861 FirmwareIP Phone 8865 FirmwareIP Phone 8841 Firmware

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for the Cisco IP Phone could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to remotely execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone. The vulnerability is due to missing checks when processing Cisco Discovery Protocol messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to the targeted IP phone. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remotely execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 12.7(1)
Affected range stops below 12.7(1), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-conference-phone-7832 (same device)
v < 11.3(1)sr1
Affected range stops below 11.3(1)sr1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-conference-phone-7832 (same device)
v < 12.7(1)
Affected range stops below 12.7(1), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-conference-phone-8832 (same device)
v < 11.3(1)sr1
Affected range stops below 11.3(1)sr1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-conference-phone-8832 (same device)
v < 11.3(1)sr1
Affected range stops below 11.3(1)sr1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-phone-6821 (same device)
v < 11.3(1)sr1
Affected range stops below 11.3(1)sr1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-phone-6841 (same device)
v < 11.3(1)sr1
Affected range stops below 11.3(1)sr1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-phone-6851 (same device)
v < 11.3(1)sr1
Affected range stops below 11.3(1)sr1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-phone-6861 (same device)
v < 11.3(1)sr1
Affected range stops below 11.3(1)sr1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-phone-6871 (same device)
v < 12.7(1)
Affected range stops below 12.7(1), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-ip-phone-7811 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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