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CVE-2018-0308

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-0308 is a critical vulnerability in the Cisco Fabric Services component of Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software, affecting numerous Cisco Nexus, Firepower, MDS, and UCS products. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit insufficient header validation in Cisco Fabric Services packets to trigger a buffer overflow. This allows for arbitrary code execution or a denial of service, with a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.3\(2\)d1\(0.49\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nexus_7000_firmware:7.3\(2\)d1\(0.49\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nexus_7000_firmware:8.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1\(0.112\)s0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nexus_7000_firmware:8.1\(0.112\)s0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0\(0\)hsk\(0.357\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nexus_5000_firmware:7.0\(0\)hsk\(0.357\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3\(0\)d1\(0.98\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nexus_5000_firmware:7.3\(0\)d1\(0.98\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0566 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-20180620-fxnxos-fab-ace
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104514
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041169
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry