CVE-2018-0298

HIGH

Cisco FXOS and UCS Fabric Interconnect Software - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Web UI Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco FXOS and Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to incorrect input validation in the web UI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP or HTTPS packet directed to the physical management interface of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the process to crash and possibly reload the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected system. This vulnerability affects Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall, Firepower 9300 Security Appliance, UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects, UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb61398, CSCvb86799.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0192
EPSS Percentile 77.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/firepower_extensible_operating_system 1.1 - 1.1.4.169
cisco/nx-os 3.0\(2\) - 3.1\(3a\)a
Published Jun 21, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026