A vulnerability in the received packet parser of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) software co
A vulnerability in the received packet parser of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient size validation of user-supplied data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted H.224 data in Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) packets in an H.323 call. An exploit could allow the attacker to overflow a buffer in a cache that belongs to the received packet parser, which will result in a crash of the application, resulting in a DoS condition. All versions of Cisco Expressway Series Software and Cisco TelePresence VCS Software prior to version X8.8.2 are vulnerable. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCus99263.
- Published
- Feb 1, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.5% · 89th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-399
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Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 34 / 40 · 8.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.5%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| cisco | expressway | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:expressway |
| cisco | telepresence video communication server | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_video_communication_server |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- cisco expresswayx8.1_base
- cisco expresswayx8.1.0
- cisco expresswayx8.1.1
- cisco expresswayx8.1.2
- cisco expresswayx8.2_base
- cisco expresswayx8.2.1
- cisco expresswayx8.2.2
- cisco expresswayx8.5
- cisco expresswayx8.5_base
- cisco expresswayx8.5.0
- cisco expresswayx8.5.1
- cisco expresswayx8.5.2
- cisco expresswayx8.5.3
- cisco expresswayx8.6.0
- cisco expresswayx8.6.1
- cisco expresswayx8.7.0
- cisco expresswayx8.7.1
- cisco expresswayx8.7.2
- cisco expresswayx8.7.3
- cisco expresswayx8.8.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (cisco). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a Cisco Expressway Series Software and Cisco TelePresence VCS Software All versions prior to version X8.8.2 are vulnerable
- Cisco Expressway Series Software and Cisco TelePresence VCS Software All versions prior to version X8.8.2 are vulnerableaffected
Same product
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- CVE-2020-3596Cisco Expressway Series and TelePresence Video Communication Server Denial of Service Vulnerability30Monitor
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- CVE-2021-34715Cisco Expressway Series and TelePresence Video Communication Server Image Verification Vulnerability28Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-399 · Resource Management ErrorsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95786
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037697
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170125-expressway
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.