CVE-2014-2201

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2014-05-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Message Transfer Service (MTS) in Cisco NX-OS before 6.2(7) on MDS 9000 devices and 6.0 before 6.0(2) on Nexus 7000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a large volume of crafted traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtw98915.

Affected products

Cisco Mds 9000: all versions
Cisco Mds 9100: all versions
Cisco Nexus 7000: all versions
Cisco Nexus 7000 10-Slot: all versions
Cisco Nexus 7000 18-Slot: all versions
Cisco Nexus 7000 9-Slot: all versions
Cisco NX-OS: through 6.2\(5a\); 6.0(1), 6.2(1), 6.2(1n), 6.2(3), 6.2(3n), 6.2(5)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140521-nxos
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140521-nxos

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