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CVE-2018-0179

60
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0179 describes multiple vulnerabilities within the Login Enhancements (Login Block) feature of specific Cisco IOS Software releases (15.4(2)T, 15.4(3)M, 15.4(2)CG and later). An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these flaws to trigger a system reload, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition. With a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high impact on availability, though attack complexity is high. Notably, this CVE is listed in the KEV catalog, indicating active exploitation, and has garnered significant community discussion despite a lack of public exploit code or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
15.3\(00.00.19\)syCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.3\(00.00.19\)sy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.4\(01\)ia001.100CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.4\(01\)ia001.100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.6\(01.22\)tCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.6\(01.22\)t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.4\(03\)m4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.4\(03\)m4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.4\(2\)cgCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.4\(2\)cg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 3, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0503 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-slogin
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103556
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry