CVE-2017-6599

MEDIUM

Cisco Ios XR - Resource Leak

Title source: rule

Description

A vulnerability in Google-defined remote procedure call (gRPC) handling in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Event Management Service daemon (emsd) to crash due to a system memory leak, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco IOS XR Software with gRPC enabled. More Information: CSCvb14433. Known Affected Releases: 6.1.1.BASE 6.2.1.BASE. Known Fixed Releases: 6.2.1.22i.MGBL 6.1.22.9i.MGBL 6.1.21.12i.MGBL 6.1.2.13i.MGBL.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 62.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-772
Status published

Affected Products (3)

cisco/ios_xr
cisco/ios_xr
n/a/Cisco IOS XR Software < Cisco IOS XR Software

Timeline

Published Apr 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026