CVE-2009-5038
Cisco IOS < 15.0(1)XA - Denial of Service via IRC Traffic Handling
Title source: llmDescription
Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA does not properly handle IRC traffic during a specific time period after an initial reload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an attempted connection to a certain IRC server, related to a "corrupted magic value," aka Bug ID CSCso05336.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64682
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45764
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/15_0/15_0x/15_01_XA/rn800xa.pdf
Scores
EPSS
0.0318
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/ios
< 15.0\(1\)xa
Published
Jan 07, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026