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CVE-2018-0165

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0165 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software, affecting Catalyst 4500 Switches and other devices running specific IOS XE releases with IP multicast routing configured. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this memory leak by sending specially crafted Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Membership Query packets, exhausting device buffers and requiring a manual reload. With a CVSS score of 7.4 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
15.2\(3\)eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:15.2\(3\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
denali-16.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:denali-16.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 56th 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-20180328-igmp
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103568
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040592
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry