Medium severity · published Jul 28, 2016
CVE-2016-1465
Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) devices before 5.2(1)SV3(1.5i) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESXi hypervisor crash and purple screen) via…
6.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) devices before 5.2(1)SV3(1.5i) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESXi hypervisor crash and purple screen) via a crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, aka Bug ID CSCuw57985.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NX
Nx-os · Cisco
4.0(4)sv1(1); 4.0(4)sv1(2); 4.0(4)sv1(3); 4.0(4)sv1(3a); 4.0(4)sv1(3b); 4.0(4)sv1(3c); +15 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1465
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1465
Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160727-avs
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92154
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036469
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