What is CVE-2015-6431?

CVE-2015-6431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco iOS Xe, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2015-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2015-6431?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco iOS Xe

CVE-2015-6431

Cisco IOS XE 16.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a packet with the 00-00-00-00-00-00 source MAC address, aka Bug ID CSCux48405.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Ios_xe — versions 16.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6431?: CVE-2015-6431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco iOS Xe, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2015-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2015-6431?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.