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CVE-2016-1459

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Cisco IOS 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.13 through 3.17 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted attributes in a BGP message, aka Bug ID CSCuz21061.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS: 12.4(4)xc7, 12.4(15)t17, 12.4(19a), 12.4(22)yb2, 12.4(24)gc4, 12.4(24)gc5 (+20)
• Cisco IOS XE: 3.13.2s, 3.13.3s, 3.13.4s, 3.13.5s, 3.14.0s, 3.14.1s (+13)

References

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160715-bgp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91800
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036321
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160715-bgp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91800
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036321

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