CVE-2016-1465

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-07-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Cisco Nexus 1000v Application Virtual Switch (AVS) devices before 5.2(1)SV3(1.5i) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESXi hypervisor crash and purple screen) via a crafted Cisco Discovery Protocol packet that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, aka Bug ID CSCuw57985.

Affected products

Cisco NX-OS: 4.0(4)sv1(1), 4.0(4)sv1(2), 4.0(4)sv1(3), 4.0(4)sv1(3a), 4.0(4)sv1(3b), 4.0(4)sv1(3c) (+15)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160727-avs
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92154
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036469
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160727-avs
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92154
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036469

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