CVE-2019-1964
HIGHCisco NX-OS 8.1-8.2(3) - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Malformed IPv6 Packet
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the IPv6 traffic processing of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an unexpected restart of the netstack process on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of IPv6 traffic sent through an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed IPv6 packet through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition while the netstack process restarts. A sustained attack could lead to a reboot of the device.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190828-nxos-ipv6-dos
Scores
CVSS v3
8.6
EPSS
0.0193
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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/nx-os
8.1 - 8.2\(3\)
Published
Aug 28, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026