What is CVE-2016-1454?

CVE-2016-1454 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco 5548p, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-1454?

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

Improper input validation in Cisco 5548p

CVE-2016-1454

Cisco NX-OS 4.0 through 7.3 and 11.0 through 11.2 on 1000v, 2000, 3000, 3500, 5000, 5500, 5600, 6000, 7000, 7700, and 9000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by leveraging a peer relationship to send a crafted BGP UPDATE message, aka Bug IDs CSCuq77105 and CSCux11417.

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

Published 2016-10-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (85.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036950 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93417 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1454?: CVE-2016-1454 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco 5548p, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-1454?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.