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CVE-2018-15373 json

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7251

cvss
7.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the implementation of Cisco Discovery Protocol functionality in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to exhaust memory on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper memory handling by the affected software when the software processes high rates of Cisco Discovery Protocol packets that are sent to a device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of Cisco Discovery Protocol packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust memory on the affected device, resulting in a DoS condition.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-19-094-03 updated cvss 7.4

Rockwell Automation Stratix 5400/5410/5700/8000/8300 and ArmorStratix 5700

  • Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley ArmorStratix 5700 <= 15.2(6)E0a Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Stratix 5400 <= 15.2(6)E0a Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Stratix 5410 <= 15.2(6)E0a Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Stratix 5700 <= 15.2(6)E0a Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Stratix 8000 <= 15.2(6)E0a Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Stratix 8300 < 15.2(4)EA7
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “FRN 15.2(6)E2a: Allen-Bradley Stratix 5400” rockwellautomation.custhelp.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.1 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco IOS Software

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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