CVE-2012-4091

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The RIP service engine in Cisco NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine restart) via a malformed (1) RIPv4 or (2) RIPv6 message, aka Bug ID CSCtj73415.

Affected products

Cisco NX-OS: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/98124
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4091
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62838
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029159
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87669
http://osvdb.org/98124
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4091
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62838
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029159
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87669

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