What is CVE-2016-6455?

CVE-2016-6455 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr_5000_software, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-6455?

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

Vulnerability in Cisco Asr_5000_software

CVE-2016-6455

A vulnerability in the Slowpath of StarOS for Cisco ASR 5500 Series routers with Data Processing Card 2 (DPC2) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a subset of the subscriber sessions to be disconnected, resulting in a…

EPSS: 0.012 (79.6th 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 Asr_5000_software — versions 18.0.0, 18.0.0.57828, 18.0.0.59167
Cisco Asr_5500
N/a Cisco Staros 18.x Through 21.x — versions Cisco StarOS 18.x through 21.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

1037186 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
94071 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6455?: CVE-2016-6455 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr_5000_software, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-6455?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.