CVE-2021-1353

MEDIUM

Cisco StarOS < 21.22.0 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via IPv4 Packet Processing Memory Leak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the IPv4 protocol handling of Cisco StarOS could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a memory leak that occurs during packet processing. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of crafted IPv4 packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust the available memory and cause an unexpected restart of the npusim process, leading to a DoS condition on the affected device.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0052
EPSS Percentile 67.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/staros < 21.22.0
cisco/virtualized_packet_core-single_instance
Published Jan 20, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026