What is CVE-2015-6260?

CVE-2015-6260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 5548p, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2015-6260?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Cisco Nexus 5548p

CVE-2015-6260

Cisco NX-OS 7.1(1)N1(1) on Nexus 5500, 5600, and 6000 devices does not properly validate PDUs in SNMP packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SNMP application restart) via a crafted packet, aka Bug ID CSCut84645.

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

Published 2016-03-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (83.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1035158 (vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6260?: CVE-2015-6260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 5548p, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2015-6260?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.