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CVE-2019-12656

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12656 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the IOx application environment on various Cisco platforms. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit a flaw in the TLS implementation by sending crafted packets to the IOx web server, causing it to cease processing HTTPS requests. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, suggesting it is not actively exploited. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:1.6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2\(6\)eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:industrial_ethernet_2000_series_firmware:15.2\(6\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ic3000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ie_4000_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-20190925-iox
Vendor Advisory