CVE-2013-6706

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: 2013-11-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Cisco Express Forwarding processing module in Cisco IOS XE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted MPLS packets that are not properly handled during IP header validation, aka Bug ID CSCuj23992.

Affected products

Cisco IOS XE: all versions

References

http://osvdb.org/100394
http://secunia.com/advisories/55817
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6706
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=31950
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63979
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029407
http://osvdb.org/100394
http://secunia.com/advisories/55817
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6706
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=31950
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63979
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029407

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