Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-12211 - Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco IOS and IOS XE

047910
CVSS 5.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
high complexity
cisco

Summary

A vulnerability in the IPv6 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) code of Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU usage or a reload of the device. The vulnerability is due to IPv6 sub block corruption. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by polling the affected device IPv6 information. An exploit could allow the attacker to trigger high CPU usage or a reload of the device. Known Affected Releases: Denali-16.3.1. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb14640.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Cisco
2