CVE-2001-0754 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco CBOS versions 2.3.8 and earlier. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a series of large ICMP ECHO REPLY (ping) packets, causing the device to enter ROMMON mode and cease packet forwarding. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in partial availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among cybersecurity professionals.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cbos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.