What is CVE-2016-6355?

CVE-2016-6355 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios_xr, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-6355?

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

Is CVE-2016-6355 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Cisco Ios_xr

CVE-2016-6355

Memory leak in Cisco IOS XR 5.1.x through 5.1.3, 5.2.x through 5.2.5, and 5.3.x through 5.3.2 on ASR 9001 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (control-plane protocol outage) via crafted fragmented packets, aka Bug…

EPSS: 0.007 (73.4th 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 Ios_xr — versions 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.1.k9sec
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Farrhouq/Inpt-report

References

1036585 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
20160810 Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9001 Aggregation Services Routers Fragmented Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
92399 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6355?: CVE-2016-6355 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios_xr, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-6355?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-6355 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.