CVE-2018-0175

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP0 · Act now
Exploitable?
Yes · in the wild
CISA KEV
Likely / severe?
3.48% (89th) EPSS
CVSS 7.9 · high
Is it mine?
1,167 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

added 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-17

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Format String vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on an affected device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd73664.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.9highAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 5.5 · impact 10
v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.1 · impact 5.9
v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.1 · impact 5.9
v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.18highAV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
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ssvc

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

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USprimaryCWE-119USCWE-119USCWE-134USCWE-134US
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affected products (1,167)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 1,167
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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • cisco-sa-20180328-lldpCisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR Software Link Layer Discovery Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities2018-03-28csaf · cisco_csafUS

    Multiple vulnerabilities in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, and Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on an affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory. Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities. This advisory is part of the March 28, 2018, release of the Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication, which includes 20 Cisco Security Advisories that describe 22 vulnerabilities. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Event Response: March 2018 Semiannual Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-66682"].

  • ICSA-18-107-03ICSA-18-107-03_Rockwell Automation Stratix Services Router2018-04-17icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Rockwell Automation reported these vulnerabilities to NCCIC from the semi-annual Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication.

  • ICSA-18-107-04Rockwell Automation Stratix and ArmorStratix Switches2018-04-17icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in loss of availability, confidentiality, and/or integrity caused by memory exhaustion, module restart, information corruption, and/or information exposure.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisa_csaf_otcisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2018-03-28modified 2026-06-17
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references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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