What is CVE-2019-12659?

CVE-2019-12659 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Cbr-8 Converged Broadband Router, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-12659?

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

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Cbr-8 Converged Broadband Router

CVE-2019-12659

A vulnerability in the HTTP server code of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the HTTP server to crash. The vulnerability is due to a logical error in the logging mechanism. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a high amount of long-lived connections to the HTTP service on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the HTTP server to crash.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Cbr-8_converged_broadband_router
Cisco Ios Xe Software 3.2.0ja — versions unspecified
Cisco Ios_xe — versions 16.10.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12659?: CVE-2019-12659 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Cbr-8 Converged Broadband Router, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-12659?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.