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CVE-2018-0469

CVE information

Published

5 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

A vulnerability in the web user interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to a double-free-in-memory handling by the affected software when specific HTTP requests are processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific HTTP requests to the web user interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have access to the management interface of the affected software, which is typically connected to a restricted management network..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.1/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
None

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.8/10
Exploit Score
2.2/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
Impact Score
4/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
None
Scope
Changed
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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