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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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