CVE-2004-1464 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS 12.2(15) and earlier, allowing remote attackers to prevent new VTY connections via crafted TCP packets to Telnet or reverse Telnet ports. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium) and is easily exploitable over the network with high impact on availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. Although no public exploit code exists in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it is listed on CISA's KEV catalog, indicating active exploitation. The vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including a recent article from SecurityWeek.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.2\(15\)zj3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.