Cisco IOS XR 3.8.1 through 4.2.0 does not properly process fragmented packets within the RP-A, RP-B, PRP, and DRP-B route-processor compone…

published 2013-10-25 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-5389

cvss: 7.1; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cisco IOS XR 3.8.1 through 4.2.0 does not properly process fragmented packets within the RP-A, RP-B, PRP, and DRP-B route-processor components, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (transmission outage) via (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 traffic, aka Bug ID CSCuh30380.

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Exploit prediction

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.1	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Technology feeds

Cisco IOS rss critical rss

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131023-iosxr
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-5549
NVD CVE-2013-5549

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