What is CVE-2019-1617?

CVE-2019-1617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches In Standalone Nx-os Mode, classified under Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2019-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-1617?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches In Standalone Nx-os Mode

CVE-2019-1617

A vulnerability in the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) N-port Virtualization (NPV) protocol implementation in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulne…

EPSS: 0.003 (55.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches In Standalone Nx-os Mode — versions unspecified, unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-913 — Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources

References

20190306 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Standalone NX-OS Mode Fibre Channel over Ethernet NPV Denial of Service Vulnerability (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO)
107336 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1617?: CVE-2019-1617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches In Standalone Nx-os Mode, classified under Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2019-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-1617?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.