CVE-2023-20027

HIGH

Cisco IOS XE - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via IPv4 Virtual Fragmentation Reassembly

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of the IPv4 Virtual Fragmentation Reassembly (VFR) feature of Cisco IOS XE 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 reassembly of large packets that occurs when VFR is enabled on either a tunnel interface or on a physical interface that is configured with a maximum transmission unit (MTU) greater than 4,615 bytes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending fragmented packets through a VFR-enabled interface on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 78.2%
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-416
Status published
Products (50)
cisco/ios_xe 3.9.0as
cisco/ios_xe 3.9.1s
cisco/ios_xe 3.9.2s
cisco/ios_xe 3.10.0s
cisco/ios_xe 3.10.1s
cisco/ios_xe 3.10.2as
cisco/ios_xe 3.10.2s
cisco/ios_xe 3.10.2ts
cisco/ios_xe 3.10.3s
cisco/ios_xe 3.10.4s
... and 40 more
Published Mar 23, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026