CVE-2013-1236: Cisco TelePresence Supervisor MSE 8050 before 2.3(1.31) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic...

Security readout for executives and security teams

This vulnerability affects Cisco TelePresence Supervisor MSE 8050 releases before 2.3(1.31). A remote attacker could overwhelm the device with a high rate of TCP connections, causing heavy CPU use or a reload. The business impact is availability loss for affected telepresence supervision infrastructure, not data theft based on the provided sources. Exposure is limited to environments still running Cisco TelePresence Supervisor MSE 8050 before 2.3(1.31). Risk is higher where the device accepts TCP connections from untrusted or broadly reachable networks. The bundle does not identify other affected products or versions. Treat this as a targeted availability risk for legacy Cisco telepresence infrastructure. Prioritize remediation if the device supports business-critical conferencing operations or is reachable from less trusted networks. Lower urgency may be appropriate if the product is not deployed or is already updated beyond the affected version. Mitigation focus: Identify any Cisco TelePresence Supervisor MSE 8050 assets in the environment.; Confirm whether each system runs a release before 2.3(1.31).; Review Cisco advisory cisco-sa-20130515-mse for official upgrade and mitigation guidance..

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Jun 14, 2026, 22:07 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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