CVE-2018-0151

CRITICAL KEV

Cisco IOS XE - Remote Code Execution or Denial of Service via UDP Port 18999 Packet Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2018-0151 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added March 3, 2022.

Description

A vulnerability in the quality of service (QoS) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to incorrect bounds checking of certain values in packets that are destined for UDP port 18999 of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious packets to an affected device. When the packets are processed, an exploitable buffer overflow condition may occur. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device with elevated privileges. The attacker could also leverage this vulnerability to cause the device to reload, causing a temporary DoS condition while the device is reloading. The malicious packets must be destined to and processed by an affected device. Traffic transiting a device will not trigger the vulnerability. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf73881.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-03
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103540
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040582

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0585
EPSS Percentile 90.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation active
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2022-03-03
VulnCheck KEV 2022-03-03
InTheWild.io 2022-03-03
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2018-0974
CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/ios_xe 16.5.1
cisco/ios_xe
Published Mar 28, 2018
KEV Added Mar 03, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026