CVE-2002-2208 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS versions 11.3 through 12.2 and other products utilizing Extended Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a high volume of spoofed EIGRP neighbor announcements, leading to an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) storm on the local network. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:extended_interior_gateway_routing_protocol:extended_interior_gateway_routing_protocol:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.