CVE-2016-1409

7.5 HIGH
Published: May 29, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Cisco IOS XE 2.1 through 3.17S, IOS XR 2.0.0 through 5.3.2, and NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet-processing outage) via crafted ND messages, aka Bug ID CSCuz66542, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160525-ipv6
Source: psirt@cisco.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160824-01-ipv6-en
Source: psirt@cisco.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90872
Source: psirt@cisco.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035962
Source: psirt@cisco.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035963
Source: psirt@cisco.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035964
Source: psirt@cisco.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035965
Source: psirt@cisco.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036651
Source: psirt@cisco.com
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160525-ipv6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160824-01-ipv6-en
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90872
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035962
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035963
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035964
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035965
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036651
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.9%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

cisco

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