Cisco ASR 5000 devices with software 16.0(900) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (telnetd process restart) via a TELNET c…

published 2015-11-26 10y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-6324

cvss: 5.0; 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 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cisco ASR 5000 devices with software 16.0(900) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (telnetd process restart) via a TELNET connection, aka Bug ID CSCuv25815.

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Exploit prediction

1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20151125-asr5000
vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1034254
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-6382
NVD CVE-2015-6382

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