What is CVE-2017-3812?

CVE-2017-3812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Industrial Ethernet 2000 16ptc-G-E Switch, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-3812?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Industrial Ethernet 2000 16ptc-G-E Switch

CVE-2017-3812

A vulnerability in the implementation of Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) functionality in Cisco Industrial Ethernet 2000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to a system memory leak. More Information: CSCvc54788. Known Affected Releases: 15.2(5.4.32i)E2. Known Fixed Releases: 15.2(5.4.62i)E2.

Published 2017-02-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (86.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170201… (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95946 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037771 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3812?: CVE-2017-3812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Industrial Ethernet 2000 16ptc-G-E Switch, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2017-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-3812?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.