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CVE-2015-6431

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Cisco IOS XE 16.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a packet with the 00-00-00-00-00-00 source MAC address, aka Bug ID CSCux48405.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS XE: 16.1.1

References

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-2015-1221-iosxe
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79654
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034514
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-2015-1221-iosxe
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79654
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034514

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