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CVE-2013-1178

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1178 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) implementation across various Cisco NX-OS, MDS, UCS, and Connected Grid Router devices. These flaws allow remote attackers on the same network segment to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted CDP packets. With a CVSS score of 8.3, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its adjacent network attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0\(0\)n1\(1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:4.0\(0\)n1\(1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0\(0\)n1\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:4.0\(0\)n1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0\(0\)n1\(2a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:4.0\(0\)n1\(2a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0\(1a\)n1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:4.0\(1a\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

8.3HIGH

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
6.5
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0137 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 1,859 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130424-nxosmulti
Vendor Advisory