CVE-2018-0470 Cisco IOS XE Software HTTP Denial of Service Vulnerability

2018-09-2600:00:00

CWE-399

cisco

www.cve.org

8.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

70.7%

JSON

A vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to the affected software improperly parsing malformed HTTP packets that are destined to a device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed HTTP packet to an affected device for processing. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition on the affected device, resulting in a DoS condition.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Cisco IOS XE Software",
    "vendor": "Cisco",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "n/a"
      }
    ]
  }
]