CVE-2017-12232

Confirmed PUBLISHED

A vulnerability in the implementation of a protocol in Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) Routers running Cisco IOS 15.0...

Cisco · Cisco IOS
Exploited in the wild

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Confidence
Confirmed
Exploitation Status
Exploited in the wild
Observed in Sensors
No
Attempts (30d)
Unique Attacker IPs
CISA KEV
In CISA KEV
CVSS / EPSS
6.5 Medium

At a Glance

A vulnerability in the implementation of a protocol in Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) Routers running Cisco IOS 15.0 through 15.6 could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a misclassification of Ethernet frames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted Ethernet frame to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc03809.

ios edge cisa
CVE Published
Sep 28, 2017
Exploitation Reported
Mar 03, 2022
CVSS
6.5 Medium
EPSS
Low complexity No user interaction Unauthenticated

Affected Versions

Vendor Product Version Status
n/a
Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS

Affected

CVE References

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