The Nortel UNIStim IP Softphone 2050, IP Phone 1140E, and additional Nortel products from the IP Phone, Business Communications Manager (BCM), Mobile Voice Client, and other product lines, allow remote attackers to block calls and force re-registration via a resume message to the Signaling Server that has a spoofed source IP address for the phone. NOTE: the attack is more disruptive if a new spoofed resume message is sent after each re-registration.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5640 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.17%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.92% | 1.17% | +0.26% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 1.17% | 0.92% | -0.26% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 1.17% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| nortel | business_communications_manager | 50 | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:business_communications_manager:50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | business_communications_manager | 50a | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:business_communications_manager:50a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | business_communications_manager | 50e | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:business_communications_manager:50e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | business_communications_manager | 200 | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:business_communications_manager:200:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | business_communications_manager | 400 | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:business_communications_manager:400:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | business_communications_manager | 1000 | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:business_communications_manager:1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | business_communications_manager | srg50 | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:business_communications_manager:srg50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | business_communications_manager | srg200 | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:business_communications_manager:srg200:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | centrex_ip_client_manager | — | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:centrex_ip_client_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | centrex_ip_element_manager | — | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:centrex_ip_element_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | meridian_option_11c | — | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:meridian_option_11c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | meridian_option_51c | — | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:meridian_option_51c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | meridian_option_61c | — | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:meridian_option_61c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | meridian_option_81c | — | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:meridian_option_81c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | meridian_sl100 | cs2100 | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:meridian_sl100:cs2100:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| nortel | mobile_voice_client_2050 | — | cpe:2.3:a:nortel:mobile_voice_client_2050:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |