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CVE-2016-1454

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1454 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting various Cisco NX-OS devices (versions 4.0-7.3 and 11.0-11.2). Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted BGP UPDATE message to a peer, causing the affected device to reload. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires no authentication and has low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.0\(2\)u6\(7\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.1, < 7.0\(3\)i4\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 7.1\(4\)n1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.2, < 7.2\(2\)n1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.3, < 7.3\(0\)n1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-20161005-bgp
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93417
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036950
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry