What is CVE-2016-1436?

CVE-2016-1436 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr_5000_software, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-1436?

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

Buffer overflow in Cisco Asr_5000_software

CVE-2016-1436

The General Packet Radio Switching Tunneling Protocol 1 (aka GTPv1) implementation on Cisco ASR 5000 Packet Data Network Gateway devices before 19.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Session Manager process restart) via…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (72.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Cisco Asr_5000_software — versions 17.2.0, 17.2.0.59184, 17.3.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

20160621 Cisco ASR 5000 Series Packet Data Network Gateway Denial of Service Vulnerability (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
1036152 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1436?: CVE-2016-1436 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr_5000_software, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-1436?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.