CVE-2016-1453

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5.0 through 7.3 on Nexus 7000 and 7700 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long parameters in a packet header, aka Bug ID CSCuy95701.

Affected products

Cisco NX-OS: 4.1.(2), 4.1.(3), 4.1.(4), 4.1.(5), 4.2(3), 4.2(4) (+40)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-otv
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93409
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036946
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-otv
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93409
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036946

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