What is CVE-2010-3049?

CVE-2010-3049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco iOS, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2010-3049?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cisco iOS

CVE-2010-3049

Cisco IOS before 12.2(33)SXI allows local users to cause a denial of service (device reboot).

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-09-25 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco iOS

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12-2SX/release/note… (vendor-advisory, Patch, Release Notes, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-3049?: CVE-2010-3049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco iOS, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2010-3049?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.