CVE-2012-0383

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-03-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Memory leak in the NAT feature in Cisco IOS 12.4, 15.0, and 15.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reload) via SIP packets that require translation, related to a "memory starvation vulnerability," aka Bug ID CSCti35326.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: 12.4, 15.0, 15.1

References

http://osvdb.org/80701
http://secunia.com/advisories/48515
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120328-nat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52758
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026864
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74432
http://osvdb.org/80701
http://secunia.com/advisories/48515
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120328-nat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52758
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026864
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74432

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