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CVE-2012-5039

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-04-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The BGP Router process in Cisco IOS before 12.2(50)SY1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving BGP path attributes, aka Bug ID CSCsw63003.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS: through 12.2\(50\)sy

References

• http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12-2SY/release/notes/ol_20679.html
• http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12-2SY/release/notes/ol_20679.html

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