CVE-2023-20027
HIGHCisco IOS XE - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via IPv4 Virtual Fragmentation Reassembly
Title source: llmDescription
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
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ipv4-vfr-dos-CXxtFacb
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