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.

Published 2016-07-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco iOS — versions 15.1\(4\)m10, 12.4\(24\)gc5, 15.0\(1\)m10
Cisco iOS Xe — versions 3.13.2s, 3.13.3s, 3.13.4s

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160715… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91800 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036321 (vdb-entry)

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.