CVE-2017-12319

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.052 · 92 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP0 · Act now
Exploitable?
Yes · in the wild
CISA KEV
Likely / severe?
5.24% (92nd) EPSS
CVSS 7.1 · high
Is it mine?
124 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

added 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-24

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Cisco IOS XE Software Ethernet Virtual Private Network Border Gateway Protocol Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) over an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) for Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition, or potentially corrupt the BGP routing table, which could result in network instability. The vulnerability exists due to changes in the implementation of the BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN RFC (RFC 7432) draft between IOS XE software releases. When the BGP Inclusive Multicast Ethernet Tag Route or BGP EVPN MAC/IP Advertisement Route update packet is received, it could be possible that the IP address length field is miscalculated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BGP packet to an affected device after the BGP session was established. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload or corrupt the BGP routing table; either outcome would result in a DoS. The vulnerability may be triggered when the router receives a crafted BGP message from a peer on an existing BGP session. This vulnerability affects all releases of Cisco IOS XE Software prior to software release 16.3 that support BGP EVPN configurations. If the device is not configured for EVPN, it is not vulnerable. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCui67191, CSCvg52875.

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remediations

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A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

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7.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–7.1

v2.07.1highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.9
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6
v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.9mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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CWE-20USCWE-20US
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affected products (124)

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advisories (1)

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  • cisco-sa-20171103-bgpCisco IOS XE Software Ethernet Virtual Private Network Border Gateway Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability2017-11-03csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) over an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) for Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition, or potentially corrupt the BGP routing table, which could result in network instability. The vulnerability exists due to changes in the implementation of the BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN RFC (RFC 7432) ["https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7432"] draft between IOS XE software releases. When the BGP Inclusive Multicast Ethernet Tag Route or BGP EVPN MAC/IP Advertisement Route update packet is received, it could be possible that the IP address length field is miscalculated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BGP packet to an affected device after the BGP session was established. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload or corrupt the BGP routing table; either outcome would result in a DoS. The Cisco implementation of the BGP protocol only accepts incoming BGP traffic from explicitly defined peers. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be able to send the malicious packets over a TCP connection that appears to come from a trusted BGP peer, or inject malformed messages into the victim's BGP network. This would require obtaining information about the BGP peers in the affected system's trusted network. The vulnerability may be triggered when the router receives a crafted BGP message from a peer on an existing BGP session. At least one BGP neighbor session must be established for a router to be vulnerable. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171103-bgp ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171103-bgp"]

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2018-03-27modified 2026-06-17
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references (7)

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