Buffer overflow in Cisco iOS

CVE-2013-5469

The TCP implementation in Cisco IOS does not properly implement the transitions from the ESTABLISHED state to the CLOSED state, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flood of ACK packets) via a crafted series of ACK and FIN packets, aka Bug ID CSCtz14399.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.024 (82.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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