What is CVE-2016-1459?

CVE-2016-1459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco iOS, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2016-1459?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco iOS

CVE-2016-1459

Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted attributes in a BGP message, aka Bug ID CSCuz21061.

EPSS: 0.014 (68.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Ios — versions 12.4\(4\)xc7, 12.4\(15\)t17, 12.4\(19a\)
Cisco Ios_xe — versions 3.13.2s, 3.13.3s, 3.13.4s
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1459?: CVE-2016-1459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco iOS, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2016-1459?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.