CVE-2016-6355

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Memory leak in Cisco IOS XR 5.1.x through 5.1.3, 5.2.x through 5.2.5, and 5.3.x through 5.3.2 on ASR 9001 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (control-plane protocol outage) via crafted fragmented packets, aka Bug ID CSCux26791.

Affected products

Cisco IOS XR Software: 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.1.k9sec, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.0 (+8)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160810-iosxr
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92399
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036585
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160810-iosxr
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92399
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036585

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