CVE-2001-1097 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco routers and switches running IOS versions 12.0 through 12.2.1. A remote attacker can exploit this by flooding the device with UDP packets, causing system instability or unresponsiveness. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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