CVE-2005-2451 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS versions 12.0 through 12.4 and IOS XR prior to 3.2, specifically when IPv6 is enabled. A remote attacker on the local network segment can trigger a device reload and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted IPv6 packet. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low attack complexity and local access requirements, with a primary impact of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0slCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0sl:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0stCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0st:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0syCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.0sy:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1xuCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.1xu:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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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.