CVE-2018-0158

Published Mar 28, 2018

Last updated 3 days ago

Overview

Description
A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) module of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak or a reload of an affected device that leads to a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of certain IKEv2 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted IKEv2 packets to an affected device to be processed. A successful exploit could cause an affected device to continuously consume memory and eventually reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf22394.
Source
ykramarz@cisco.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8.6
Impact score
4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Known exploits

Data from CISA

Vulnerability name
Cisco IOS and XE Software Internet Key Exchange Memory Leak Vulnerability
Exploit added on
Mar 3, 2022
Exploit action due
Mar 17, 2022
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weaknesses

ykramarz@cisco.com
CWE-20
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-401

Social media

Hype score
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Configurations