CVE-2012-3946

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Cisco IOS before 15.3(2)S allows remote attackers to bypass interface ACL restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by sending IPv6 packets in an unspecified scenario in which expected packet drops do not occur for "a small percentage" of the packets, aka Bug ID CSCty73682.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: through 15.3

References

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/15_3s/release/notes/15_3s_rel_notes/15_3s_caveats_15_3_2s.html
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/15_3s/release/notes/15_3s_rel_notes/15_3s_caveats_15_3_2s.html

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