CVE-2019-12657

HIGH

Cisco IOS XE - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via IPv6 Packet Validation in UTD

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in Unified Threat Defense (UTD) in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of IPv6 packets through the UTD feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending IPv6 traffic through an affected device that is configured with UTD. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0198
EPSS Percentile 78.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/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-20
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.6
Published Sep 25, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026