What is CVE-2017-3883?

CVE-2017-3883 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco 9500_r, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2017-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-3883?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco 9500_r

CVE-2017-3883

A vulnerability in the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) implementation of Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (FXOS) and NX-OS System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected…

EPSS: 0.015 (81.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3883?: CVE-2017-3883 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco 9500_r, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2017-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-3883?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.