CVE-2014-3359

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Memory leak in Cisco IOS 15.1 through 15.4 and IOS XE 3.4.xS, 3.5.xS, 3.6.xS, and 3.7.xS before 3.7.6S; 3.8.xS, 3.9.xS, and 3.10.xS before 3.10.1S; and 3.11.xS before 3.12S allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or device reload) via malformed DHCPv6 packets, aka Bug ID CSCum90081.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4
Cisco IOS XE: 3.4.0s, 3.4.1s, 3.4.2s, 3.4.3s, 3.4.4s, 3.4.5s (+24)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140924-dhcpv6
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140924-dhcpv6/cvrf/cisco-sa-20140924-dhcpv6_cvrf.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70140
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030895
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96177
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140924-dhcpv6
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140924-dhcpv6/cvrf/cisco-sa-20140924-dhcpv6_cvrf.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70140
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030895
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96177

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