CVE-2021-1588

HIGH

Cisco Nx-os - Buffer Over-read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the MPLS Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation when an affected device is processing an MPLS echo-request or echo-reply packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious MPLS echo-request or echo-reply packets to an interface that is enabled for MPLS forwarding on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the MPLS OAM process to crash and restart multiple times, causing the affected device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0138
EPSS Percentile 80.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/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-125 CWE-20 CWE-126
Status published
Products (3)
cisco/nx-os 7.0\(3\)i7\(9\)
cisco/nx-os 8.4\(1\)
cisco/nx-os 9.3\(7\)
Published Aug 25, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026