Critical severity · published Oct 6, 2016
CVE-2016-1453
Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5.0 through 7.3 on Nexus 7000 and 7700 devices allows remote attackers to execute…
9.8
CVSS
8.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5.0 through 7.3 on Nexus 7000 and 7700 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long parameters in a packet header, aka Bug ID CSCuy95701.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.1% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NX
Nx-os · Cisco
4.1.(2); 4.1.(3); 4.1.(4); 4.1.(5); 4.2(3); 4.2(4); +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1453
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1453
Mitigation
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-otv
Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93409
Not Applicable
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036946
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