What is CVE-2017-6599?

CVE-2017-6599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios_xr, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-6599?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Ios_xr

CVE-2017-6599

A vulnerability in Google-defined remote procedure call (gRPC) handling in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Event Management Service daemon (emsd) to crash due to a system memory leak, resu…

EPSS: 0.004 (63.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Cisco Ios_xr — versions 6.1.1, 6.2.1
N/a Cisco Ios Xr Software — versions Cisco IOS XR Software

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6599?: CVE-2017-6599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios_xr, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-6599?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.