What is CVE-2015-6392?

CVE-2015-6392 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 5010, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2015-6392?

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

Vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 5010

CVE-2015-6392

Cisco NX-OS 4.1 through 7.3 and 11.0 through 11.2 on Nexus 2000, 5000, 5500, 5600, 6000, 7000, 7700, and 9000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via crafted IPv4 DHCP packets to the (1) DHCPv4 relay agent or (2) smart relay agent, aka Bug IDs CSCuq24603, CSCur93159, CSCus21693, and CSCut76171.

Published 2016-10-06 · 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: 0.028 (86.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93406 (vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036948 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6392?: CVE-2015-6392 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 5010, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2015-6392?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.