What is CVE-2016-1465?

CVE-2016-1465 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 1000v, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2016-1465?

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

Vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 1000v

CVE-2016-1465

Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) devices before 5.2(1)SV3(1.5i) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESXi hypervisor crash and purple screen) via a crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, aka Bug ID CSCuw57985.

Published 2016-07-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (60.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Nexus 1000v
Cisco Nx-Os — versions 4.0(4)sv1(3a), 4.0(4)sv1(3), 4.2(1)sv1(5.1)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160727… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92154 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036469 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1465?: CVE-2016-1465 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 1000v, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-1465?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.