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CVE-2009-2871

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2871 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Cisco IOS versions 12.2 and 12.4, impacting devices with SSLVPN, SSH, or IKE encrypted nonces enabled. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted encrypted packet, leading to a denial of service through a device reload. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.2xnaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2xna:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2xnbCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2xnb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2xncCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2xnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2xndCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2xnd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4mdCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4md:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0252 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/viewAlert.x
Vendor Advisory
cisco.com / en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af811c.shtml
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2759