CVE-2016-1409
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.039 · 90 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Cisco IOS XE 2.1 through 3.17S, IOS XR 2.0.0 through 5.3.2, and NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet-processing outage) via crafted ND messages, aka Bug ID CSCuz66542, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (4,898)
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also known as (4)
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references (18)
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- http://www.cisco.com/Patchcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160525-ipv6cnnvd
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160525-ipv6enisa_euvd
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160824-01-ipv6-enenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90872enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035962enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035963enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035964enisa_euvd
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